Essential reading for any aspiring, even mid-tier Information Technology executive, or anybody else with general management aspirations.
"I am William Wallace" is a compelling memoir of one man's determination to overcome rejection at an early age and rise to the highest echelons of leadership in Information Technology. Like the story of William Wallace depicted in the movie Braveheart, that Connolly draws inspiration from, it touches all the emotions that it is humanly possible to experience – excitement, disappointment, elation, betrayal, anxiety, confidence, love, anger, compassion, forgiveness, humor, fear, shock, and awe.
The successes, mistakes, even failures, experienced on the journey by the author and the observed behaviors of the people whom he met along the way, and their impact on him personally, are a must for anyone on the same path, to know, understand and internalize.
Replicating the authors journey won't guarantee the same success but not learning from it will almost certainly herald an outcome more like Falkirk than Sterling Bridge.