Business Leader & Marathoner Anthony Reed Speaks at the September 8 SIM New Jersey Chapter

Aug. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- What: "Leadership Lessons Learned From Finishing Some of the World's Toughest Marathons" Presentation by Anthony Reed
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Time: Social Hour: 5:00PM; Dinner: 5:45PM; Keynote: 6:45PM
Where: The Madison Hotel, 1 Convent Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960

Completing a marathon is the perfect backdrop for examining the 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.

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

The manager weighs the advantages of a short term sprint with finishing in the long run. You must become a marathoner, who successfully uses his knowledge to mentally and physically push beyond his comfort zone towards new limits. Successful endurance athletes and managers exhibit the same characteristics to thrive. They must incorporate change, manage risk, and motivate people to go up hill at a time when they want to quit.

Anthony R. Reed, CPA, PMP 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. Mr. Reed has also completed over one hundred, 26.2-mile marathons around the world. He became one of about 225 people 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 five books and over 50 articles.

His latest book is entitled "Running to Leadership: What Finishing 100+ Marathons on All Seven Continents Teaches Us About Success." It's available in paperback at www.Amazon.com and in eBook formats at www.BarnesandNoble.com and www.Smashwords.com.

For more than 20 years, the Society for Information Management (SIM) New Jersey Chapter has been the organization of choice for IT executives in the New Jersey metropolitan area. Membership now includes over 275 CIOs, CTOs, CXOs, and IT leaders, as well as consultants and academics from top New Jersey and New York businesses and institutions.

For more information about the event contact the SIM New Jersey Chapter’s Karen Kostulas at simsec@verizon.net to RSVP.

For more information about the SIM New Jersey Chapter visit http://njsim.org/.

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

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A visionary and highly accomplished global business executive, author, speaker, and athlete with a solid background in getting the most out of staff members. Implements programs to achieve goals and realize dramatic cost savings.