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Dr. Cheryl Lentz

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DBA Contributing Faculty
Walden University
Country or state 
United States (Illinois)
Available to 
Europe,
North America,
...
City 
Grayslake
Fee 
Ask for pricing
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Dr. Cheryl, The Academic Entrepreneur is known globally for her speaking on the F Word that will change your life--failure, as well as leadership, the WRIST Method, critical and refractive thinking. She has been published more than 44 times with 23 writing awards. As an accomplished university professor, speaker, and consultant, she is an international best-selling author, as well as top quoted publishing professional on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.

Current position (3)

DBA Contributing Faculty

Walden University

Adjunct Faculty

Embry Riddle University

Chief Refractive Thinker (Publisher), Managing Edi

The Lentz Leadership Institute

Achievements (1)
2016 Faculty of the Year, DBA Program

Walden University

Degrees (4)
Bachelor of Arts
University of Illinois
1985 to 1988
MS in International Relations
Troy University
1996 to 1999
Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership
University of Phoenix School of Advanced Studies
2002 to 2006
Sloan Consortium Online Teaching Certification
Colorado State University - Global Campus
2009

Presentations

Presentations (5)
Fail Faster, Succeed Sooner

Dynamic presentation about the wonderful lessons from learning how to fail as part of the success equation.

Refractive Thinking

If thinking is inside the box, and critical thinking is outside the box, learn about refractive thinking--what lies beyond the box. Learn to think like the masters of Einstein and DaVinci.

Get Out of Your Golden Palace

Do you or your team live in a Golden Palace? A humorous presentation to get out of the office and into the field for more effective leadership. Get to know Henry and characters from the Village of Yore. Timeless lessons.

Learn to Think Like Einstein: The WRIST METHOD

Do you struggle with critical and refractive thinking? What do you do when you get stuck? Learn to use the WRIST Method to think like our great thinkers of our time such as Einstein and DaVinci.

Failure Has No Alibi

Learn how to process the wonders of Failure.

Past talks (1)
Technlogy That Tutors
Wroclaw University of Technology
Wroclaw Poland
December 31, 2013
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The Lentz Leadership Institute LLC
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Meet Dr. Cheryl Lentz

Books & Articles (4)

Series: The Refractive Thinker®
The Refractive Thinker® Press,
2007
A Woman Who Cannot Fail, Cannot Succeed
Grieving, learning, and growing: A mentoring model for organizational and personal growth.
Do leadership behaviors matter? Examining the effects of leadership styles on financial performance

Expertise (9)

Education
Business
Leadership
Leadership Higher Education Publishing Ethics Failure

Clients

Zappos: She Talks
Speakers Pathway Coalition
Wroclaw University of Technology
Walden University

Awards & certifications (8)

Community Service Award
University of Phoenix Alumni
2012
Conference Award
Institute of Behavioral Applied Management (IBAM),
2013
Best Faculty 2014-2015; Top 20 core DBA faculty (of 149)
Walden University
2014
Bronze Medal Winner: RT Vol IV: Ethics
Axiom Business Book Awards
2011
Consumer Learner: The USA “Best Books 2012” Awards
USA Best Books
2012
The Refractive Thinker Vol II 3rd ed Bronze: 2014 eLit Awards
eLit Awards
2014
The Refractive Thinker Vol II 3rd ed: Gold Medal
2014 Global eBook Awards
2014
The Refractive Thinker Vol XI: Silver Medal
Axiom Business Awards
2017

Reviews

Testimonials (4)
  • Dr. Cheryl Lentz is a fabulous publisher to work with as I wrote the Foreword for their latest volume in the award winning series: The Refractive Thinker: Vol XIII: Entrepreneurship: Growing the Future of Business. As a publisher and project manager, her skills included a terrific attention to detail and coordination of many contributing scholars across the country (as well as me!), as well as coordinating press releases and media (radio, social media). She is a wonderful example of a strong woman.
    Clarissa Burt
    Verified
  • Dr. Cheryl Lentz is an amazing individual and speaker. It would be impossible to highlight her best quality. She is well-spoken, has an eye for growth opportunities, is strong, confident, knowledgeable, wise, outspoken, and informative. Through sharing her humor and teachings people are inspired to create greatness in their lives and the lives of others. She is a Goddess of identifying choices and turning them into power.
    Crystal Rose
    Verified
  • Cheryl is an intelligent, passionate, and exceptional educator. Her extensive experience as a speaker and teacher is apparent as soon as she takes the stage. She engages her audience and takes them outside their comfort zones - where real learning takes place.
    Leanne Donoghue-Tamplin
    Verified
  • Dr. Cheryl Lentz is a fabulous publisher to work with as I wrote the Foreword for their latest volume in the award winning series: The Refractive Thinker: Vol XIII: Entrepreneurship: Growing the Future of Business. As a publisher and project manager, her skills included a terrific attention to detail and coordination of many contributing scholars across the country (as well as me!), as well as coordinating press releases and media (radio, social media).
    Clarissa Burt
    Verified
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