Yeah for bossy little girls!
“I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead she has leadership skills,” says Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer.
Colleen Walker repeated that quote recently at a meeting of Girl Scout leaders. She’s the chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, a council with more than 30,000 Girl Scouts in 32 counties.
In case you haven’t heard, selling Girl Scout cookies teaches girls business skills, and being a Girl Scout teaches them to be leaders. The mission of Girl Scouts is to help girls become women with “courage, confidence and character.”