The last 10 days have been so hectic that I’d completely forgotten to mention the relegation of my favourite football team, Newcastle United, from the Premiership to the Championship. They were indeed worse than Hull City and Sunderland on the last day of the season, but in honesty the problems run deeper than that. My view: if you change your manager 4 times in the same season and run your club like a soap opera, then you get what you deserve.
Football matches and indeed league titles, like our Accenture projects, are not won in a heart beat. Although you do need a couple of star players, most success is built on day in day out activities that ensure the foundations are right. In Accenture language this is called “Business Operator”. In honesty it’s not really interesting, but it’s essential e.g. finding out who is staffed where and when people are rolling off their projects. However as you become more senior, this type of activity becomes increasingly important.
I think there is a similar lesson that holds true in life more generally. You’re probably better off being likeable but average, rather than an obnoxious know it all. Or as my Glasgow Granny would have said (of my Uncle Ed no doubt), you’re better off being born lucky than rich. Unfortunately Newcastle United was neither.
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