Presentation

EXELEADMEN (Executive Leadership, Management and Entrepreneurship) is a social enterprise where entrepreneurs and leaders learn to better navigate existing constraints through a venture creation ecosystem of specialized support including :

• Customer development
• Lean start-up process
• Innovation-based ventures
• Solicitation of investors
• System designers
• Financial markets
• Shared value creation
• Environmental sustainability
• Professional services
• Shared value creation

The primary distinguishing characteristic of EXELEADMEN is its commitment to creating shared value through social purpose and earned income.

EXELEADMEN was created in 2011 by Pape Samb, a global social entrepreneur, along with professional partners to show their commitment to social purpose in entrepreneurship.

VISION

EXELEADMEN envisions a global economy in which social and economic progress go hand-in-hand to drive the next wave of social innovation and productivity growth.

MISSION

The mission of EXELEADMEN is to provide leaders and entrepreneurs with the knowledge, tools, and networks to create economic value by way of creating societal value and enabling a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem for youth, women, and underprivileged communities. Our goals are:

• Goal 1 : To speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready enterprises by linking knowledge creation and social venture creation.
• Goal 2 : To pair managers and leaders across sectors and industries to promote the growth and success of small and midsize companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative community enterprises.
• Goal 3 : To improve the match between education and employment opportunities through apprenticeships and other education-industry links, including new structures for schooling.
• Goal 4 : To link leaders and managers across sectors to develop regional strategies and conceive products and markets that build on local assets and attract new investment.

PHILOSOPHY

EXELEADMEN believes that financial returns should be maximized to create greater social benefits, and that a company’s financial success should be measured not only by its financial performance but also by its impact on the community where it operates.

APPROACH

To create shared value partnerships through synergy, sustainability, and success stories.

The world is a living system. System thinking teaches us that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and an isolated approach to problem solving may lead to unintended consequences. This leads to the question of how to build a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.

Although most people have good intentions in addressing a local community’s problems, they often do not think about how best to approach these issues. Due to the increasing conflict of interests between consumers of services and service providers, EXELEADMEN proposes using Creating Shared Value (CSV) and the 3S Approach (Synergy, Sustainability, and Success Stories) as new ways of addressing societal challenges.

We at EXELEADMEN believe that CSV and the 3S Approach will bridge the gap between services, consumers, and service providers, and the rich and poor, and will facilitate to build social enterprises, for-benefit enterprises, and self-sustainable community-led programs all over the world.

OUR BUSINESS

To turn job seekers into job creators by providing assistance with lean start-up processes, innovation-based ventures, the solicitation of investors and services for the local community and professional organizations whose members reside in high-need, limited resources, and rural areas.

To train prospective and current entrepreneurs and leaders in innovative venture creation, business and financial management, entrepreneurship, leadership, resources mobilization, sustainable value creation, strategic communications, and cross-cultural management.

To forge strong partnerships between profit and nonprofit organizations, public and private sector entities to leverage their unique resources, expertise, and skills to create economic value by building societal value.

To deliver programs and training services to youth entrepreneurs, women, professionals, and minority groups to create a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem and develop more self-sustainable, community and youth/women-led enterprises.