Tough Cookies Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts

by Cloninger, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9781118000045
• ISBN10: 1118000048
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-18
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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 sustaining-and building-a 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.

Author Biography

Kathy Cloninger is the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA). She is a recognized expert on, and advocate for, girls' and women's issues and a recognized leader in the not-for-profit sector. She serves on boards of the National Human Services Assembly of the National Council for Research on Women, American Humanics, and Leadership 18. She was named an NPT Power and Influence Top 50 by the NonProfit Times in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Leadership out of Balance	p. 1
How I Got Here	p. 15
Talk Less, Listen More	p. 37
A Logical Conclusion	p. 57
Facing the Brutal Truths	p. 73
ôTrust Me, This Is Going to Workö	p. 91
What to Keep, and What to Let Go	p. 113
Oh, Yeah? Prove It!	p. 131
Shaking the Money Tree	p. 145
Girl Scout, Phone Home	p. 157
About the Author	p. 169
Index	p. 171
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