Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP is the Featured Keynote Speaker at the June 14 PMI Space Coast Meeting

May 16, 2010 - PRLog -- Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP will speak about “Leadership Lessons From Some of the World's Toughest Marathons” at the June 14 PMI Space Coast Chapter dinner. This is  based on his books, Finding the I in TEAM: Better Team Building Through Individual Building and The Achievement Equation: Your Formula for Success.

What: PMI Space Coast Chapter Meeting
Date: June 14, 2010
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Melbourne - Viera Conference Center, 8298 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, FL 32940

Keynote Speaker: Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP, MS, MBA

Topic: Leadership Lessons From Some of the World's Toughest Marathons

Preparing for and completing a marathon is the perfect backdrop for examining the problems and challenges faced by today's business leaders. While all certified marathons are the same distance, the dangers, terrain, altitude, and weather offer unique and varying challenges. However, you quickly learn that hills build character.

- Running the 3,600 steps of the Great Wall of China Marathon relates to managing a 3,600-task project schedule.
- Dealing with predators on Kenya's Lewa SafriCom Marathon course was like facing risks on projects.
- Setting realistic project goals is like running in the fridge Antarctica Marathon.

The manager should weigh the advantages of a short term sprint with finishing in the long run. You must become a marathoner, who successfully uses their knowledge to mentally and physically push out of their comfort zones towards new limits. Successful endurance athletes and business managers exhibit the same characteristics to thrive.

They manage change by taking calculated risks and gradually expanding their comfort zones. This is how a miler becomes a marathoner and an individual contributor becomes a successful manager. They must incorporate change, manage risk, and motivate people to go up hill at a time when they want to quit. All of this must be achieved in a stressful, challenging business environment.

Anthony's Bio:

Anthony R. Reed has over 30 years of business experience, including 25 years in management and executive positions. He's led international, multi-generational teams to successfully implement global, multi-million dollar projects. They were on-time, under budget, and to specifications. During this time period, Mr. Reed completed over one hundred, 26.2-mile marathons around the world. He became the first Black in the world to complete marathons on all seven continents, including  Antarctica. He's won marathon age group and weight division trophies.

His business and athletic exploits have been featured on TV, internet, and radio programs and in business, IT, travel, and  sports sections of newspapers and publications worldwide. This includes Runner's World, Ebony, Southern Living, and the Journal of Accountancy. His two graduate degrees are in management and accounting and two undergraduate degrees are in management and  mathematics. He holds various professional certifications. He's taught undergraduate and graduate project management, accounting, IT, and management courses. And he's authored four books and over 50 articles.

For more information about Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP visit http://www.Reed-CPA.com.

For more information about the event visit http://www.pmispacecoast.org/meetinginfo.php?id=35.