About Carlie Auger

Carlie Auger is a Managing Director and Partner at PIE, where she helps leading professional services firms strengthen business development strategies through executive communities and roundtables. Since joining PIE in 2010, Carlie has partnered with clients such as Accenture, Randstad, North Highland, Korn/Ferry, American Management Association, Agility Solutions, and Deluxe, delivering programs that connect senior HR, Operations, Marketing, and Technology executives and foster meaningful relationships. Over Carlie’s tenure at PIE, she has helped spearhead a number of training, account management, operations, and membership initiatives and currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Leadership Team. She holds a BS in Business Management from Rocky Mountain College and an MBA from the University of Montana. Carlie is also an alum of Leadership Montana and the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. She lives in Bozeman, Montana, and enjoys time on the links, the court, and in the hills with friends and family.  

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT WORKING AT PIE

My fellow packmates and our culture! I also find it fascinating to learn what business leaders across the world in different functions and industries are digging into. Our work gives us a rare opportunity to be at the center of these conversations.

HOW I LIVE A FULL LIFE

I keep myself busy outside of the office! I enjoy photography, golf, basketball, arts & crafts, and antiquing. But, most often, you’ll find me walking my labradoodle (Henry), chasing around my daughter (Sylvie), or spending time at our family cabin that we hand-built, mostly by repurposing materials from historical buildings on the land.

MY BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordan MacKenzie; it is a fun read with fabulous illustrations and funny stories you don’t often find in business books. He explains how we are all geniuses from birth, but our artistic abilities are inevitably stripped as we conform to fit in with society. The author shares his story as a tenured executive at Hallmark Cards tasked with inspiring creativity and innovation. He achieves his goals by magically orbiting the rigidity of bureaucracy that is common in large organizations and his goal is to teach others how to do the same.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

My favorite band is Led Zeppelin—they just get me moving and grooving! The Immigrant Song, Whole Lotta Love, and Thank You bring me back to some of my favorite memories—driving dirt roads while camping, celebrating college graduation, walking down the aisle with my dad on my wedding day… they’re the BEST!