Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts

[Stephanie]

I just finished "Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts" by Kathy Cloninger. It was a good history of Girl Scouts and the recent changes to the program. There was also a good deal of personal information on Cloninger and her previous business history before taking over as the CEO of the Girl Scouts USA. This was a fast read and fairly interesting. It focused on the great untapped potential of girls and how we can nurture our girls to be leaders. Although women hold over 50% of professional level jobs, they represent less than 15% of executive positions. Girl Scouts seems to be on a good track to revitalizing it's mission for girls and I'm interested to see if UMW could also improve mentoring and inspiring girls in the UMW program.

[Carolyn]

I agree. It's a quick read and interesting insights into the Girl Scouts. I found Cloninger's passion and commitment to doing her job right very inspiring in Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts.

[Vicki]

Just finished this one- a quick read and interesting history of Girl Scouts. There are some great leadership lessons to take away for us as we lead young people in the church.