What does LSE mean in LEADERSHIP

Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship (LSE) is a process of developing, organizing, and managing a social enterprise that is driven by innovation, passion, and commitment to making meaningful change in society.

A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental wellbeing—this may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for external shareholders.

Some common goals of LSE include creating sustainable impactful solutions to society's most pressing problems; empowering individuals across communities; creating positive systemic changes; reducing income disparity; increasing access to educational opportunities; and improving quality of life.

Organizations benefit from LSE as it brings about positive systemic changes which can result in higher employee engagement levels, more productive use of resources, better customer service satisfaction ratings and overall greater financial stability for the organization in the long run.

It's important to have strong knowledge of business operations as well as understanding sales strategies and marketing techniques before engaging in any form of leadership positions for a social enterprise. In addition, it's beneficial if you have some background knowledge on how local governments work or have previous experience working with non-profits or start-up companies. Depending on your career path or project ambitions you might also need specialised skills such as software engineering or design architecture expertise.