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BY DEBRA SOLOMON
BAKER
ANDRÉ
MITCHELL
president & CEO,
Global Power-Global Wealth Enterprises |
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André Mitchell understands the vast challenges that so many people
face when striving to reach their professional goals. Through Global
Power-Global Wealth Enterprises, a personal coaching, consulting,
and training firm that Mitchell co-founded in January, he plans
to help steer individuals and small businesses toward greater success.
“We try to educate people about their own potential,” says this
29-year-old that started the company with three other entrepreneurs.
“People often devalue themselves and simply do not believe that
their dreams are really possible. That challenge is our greatest
opportunity.”
Often described as a “driven visionary,” Mitchell initially became
interested in the coaching field after counseling battered women
and the homeless in San Antonio. It was then that this decorated
United States Air Force officer realized the tremendous need.
“A lot of people feel alone in their pursuit to improve things,”
he says. “We help them no longer feel alone. What’s important to
them becomes important to us.”
In addition to helping clients design a business plan, GPGW Enterprises
works with them to identify the characteristics necessary to reach
their intended goal, and then partners them with both mentors within
the community and potential financiers.
GPGW Enterprises, which targets minority- and women-owned businesses,
currently has a client base of eight. However, Mitchell projects
at least 250 clients within the next three years, 1,000 within the
next 10, and satellite offices in at least six other major cities.
He believes that anyone, regardless of educational background or
experience, can become more profitable with the proper guidance.
“Since all of us have been successful in other business ventures,
we come to the table with a degree of confidence,” Mitchell says.
“We love it when someone has a great idea and we can work with him
or her to show it’s doable.”
Through its subsidiary, Young Entrepreneurs Society for Students
(YESS) Foundation, GPGW Enterprises will be funding a one-week camp
this summer to help 14- to 24-year-olds understand the value of
entrepreneurship and develop the skills to run successful businesses.
Two grants, totaling $7,500, will be awarded to those campers who
win a business plan competition. They will then be paired with mentors,
who will help them launch their ideas.
Debra Solomon Baker is a St. Louis-based free-lance writer.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
INSIGHTS 
IF YOU HAD MORE TIME, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT?
“If I had more time, I would like to get more involved in the community.
It would also be nice to get outdoors and spend some time fishing.”
ROBERT BAGBY
president, chairman & CEO,
A.G. Edwards & Sons
“On a professional level, I would spend the extra time in our more
than 1,000 studios talking to our customers and our associates.
Not only is that where I get the best ideas for how we can improve
our business, but it is always an energizing experience. On a personal
level, I have a four-year-old grandson and a three-month-old granddaughter…I’d
hang out in Michigan with them.”
DAVE PIERSON
chairman & CEO,
CPI Corporation
“I really try
to fill every moment with my family, my business, and the community.”
ROBERT G. CLARK
chairman & CEO,
Clayco Construction Company
“I would spend my time getting involved with my church’s charitable
activities and giving time to the Humane Society.”
DR. ROBERT MORGAN
executive vice-president,
Clean Earth Technologies
For more information on Leadership Circle, please contact John Diefenbach,
associate vice president-membership, 314/444-1184 or jdief@stlrcga.org.
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