Tough Cookies, Kathy Cloninger
Tough Cookies, Kathy Cloninger
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Tough Cookies
Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts

Author: Kathy Cloninger

Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Synopsis

Untold numbers of American businesswomen received their first lessons in salesmanship, money management, customer relations, marketing and fulfillment selling Girl Scout cookies, but, as readers will learn, The Girl Scouts stand for much more than cookies and badges. In fact, there is no other organization remotely comparable in size, experience, and resources devoted to developing the leadership in girls than that of the GSUSA.   Defining the way the Girl Scouts do business, the business of leadership, Tough Cookies will capture the essence of the unique ways in which the GSUSA is run, and why it is so successful, inspiring readers everywhere. Telling the story for how the Girl Scouts organization adopted a set of fundamental principles for sustainingand buildinga 100-year old organization, Tough Cookies will demonstrate how the GSUSA have managed not only to transform themselves, but transform the rising generations of young women and the world they will inherit.   

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ericka on October 01, 2024

I read this for work, but actually enjoyed it so much!! It contained such a powerful message about tapping into the leadership in women and promoting them to positions of power. It also encouraged taking an internal look at an organization to foster change, which I really appreciated.......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on May 14, 2013

I am a lifelong GS and was a leader and then a Service Unit Manager during the transformation presented in the book. I am glad I've read it; our Service Unit and Council really were at the forefront of the changes and nothing in the book was entirely new to me. The good news from this book is that,......more

Goodreads review by Edna on August 24, 2016

This was a great primer for me, a Girl Scout mom, not a Girl Scout alum. I knew that I was excited when my daughter expressed interest in this organization, but the book did a great job of affirming for me the goodness to which I want my daughters exposed and the hope that I have for their futures.......more

Goodreads review by Annie on March 07, 2023

Interesting book for anyone who has ever been a Girl Scout. The history of the movement, its goals, and how it is run. The council organization was revamped in the 1990's to keep up with the times. And of course, the iconic Cookie Sale, and what it teaches individual girls about business and managem......more

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