Cookie Program Five Skills We think you’ll agree...the Girl Scout Cookie Program isn’t just about selling cookies. Participating Girl Scouts learn five skills that set them up for success now and later in life: 1. GOAL SETTING: As a Cookie Entrepreneur, your Girl Scout sets cookie goals individually and with their troop, then creates a plan to reach them. Participants develop cooperation and team building skills along the way. 2. DECISION MAKING: Your Girl Scout learns how to achieve goals, overcome challenges, and spend the troop’s cookie money! Participants become innovators and entrepreneurs, furthering critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 3. MONEY MANAGEMENT: As a Cookie Boss, your Girl Scout takes cookie orders, handles customers’ money, and gains practical life skills around financial literacy. In a complicated global economic landscape it’s a critical competency. 4. PEOPLE SKILLS: Girl Scouts learn how to talk to, listen to, and work with different people while selling cookies. These experiences help develop healthy relationships and conflict resolutions skills young people need! 5. BUSINESS ETHICS: Your Girl Scout showcases honesty and responsibility at every step of the Cookie Program. Business ethics reinforce the positive values participants are developing as Girl Scouts.
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