The 5 Skills and Girl Scout Leadership Outcomes

1. Girls develop a strong sense of self
2. Girls develop positive values
3. Girls gain practical life skills
4. Girls seek challenges in the world
5. Girls develop critical thinking

1. Girls develop healthy relationships
2. Girls promote cooperation and team building
3. Girls can resolve conflicts
4. Girls advance diversity in a multicultural world
5. Girls feel connected to their communities, locally and globally

1. Girls can identify community needs
2. Girls are resourceful problem solvers
3. Girls advocate for themselves and others, locally and globally
4. Girls educate and inspire others to act
5. Girls feel empowered to make a difference in the world

Everything girls do in Girl Scouting is designed to help them grow into leaders of Courage, Confidence, and Character. The 5 Skills girls learn through the Girl Scout Cookie Program are an important ingredient in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

Goal Setting: Your Girl Scout sets cookie sales goals individually and with her team, creates a plan to reach them, and develops Cooperation and Team Building skills all along the way!

Decision Making: Your Girl Scout helps decide how her team will spend their cookie money, furthering her Critical Thinking and Problem Solving skills that will help her in many aspects of her life.

Money Management: Your Girl Scout takes cookie orders, handles customers’ money and gains valuable and Practical Life Skills around financial literacy.

People Skills: Your Girl Scout learns how to talk to, listen to and work with all kinds of people while selling cookies. These experiences help her develop Healthy Relationship and Conflict Resolution skills she can use throughout her life.

Business Ethics: Your Girl Scout is honest and responsible at every step of the cookie sale. Her business ethics here reinforce the Positive Values she is developing as a Girl Scout.