The Story of P.I.E.
Welcome to the story behind "P.I.E." from the book “Keep Your P.I.E. Fresh.”
Congratulations on taking an important step toward achieving your next “10%” of professional growth. Since the early 2000s, our team has helped individuals apply the power of incremental improvement—small, targeted changes that compound into meaningful career advancement.
P.I.E. is a practical professional development framework built around three core elements: Preparedness, Image, and Effort. It provides a clear way for individuals to identify the areas they may want to strengthen in order to accelerate their success. Keep Your P.I.E. Fresh reinforces the importance of continually renewing these elements to fuel ongoing, measurable improvement.
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So what does P.I.E. actually mean?
P.I.E.™ is a Watermarq's professional development tool, standing for Preparedness, Image and Effort, P.I.E. and is a tool used to build leadership success. The tool P.I.E. has helped so many over the years...and it started with a leadership development program for Global Leaders in HSBC called "Success P.I.E.".
Preparedness is a good "readiness" term. Meaning: If someone presented you with an opportunity that you needed to compete for, how ready would you be to successfully land that opportunity? In order to prepare for success, you must understand alignment, core competencies, and the unique features that make you stand out in a crowd - your brand. You must also understand how they link to your network, career and company.
Image describes the perception others have of you—and this is critical to your success. It takes a village to create success, and if the villagers don’t like what they see, feel and hear, you’ll find your career a continual struggle rather than welcome support. Image consists of the behaviors you use, values, relationship building style, willingness, perceived effort and your ability to add value to the team, department or company.
Effort is your ability to do the right things, do what you say you're gong to do and it's about getting things done. Whether it’s related to your current job, pursuing your next role, self-development, or sharing your accomplishments, effort is the action element of your journey to greater success. You cannot make improvements in preparedness or image without it.​
Combining the power of 10% with the principles of ‘P.I.E.’, means that creating plans to achieve greater success is easier to build and implement. Watermarq's uses these tools in our coaching practice, workshops, and are also covered extensively in the book. They are designed not only to enable you to discover what is most important in the development of your career, but also to enable you to achieve more than you ever thought possible.
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Best wishes using the principles of P.I.E. to find the “10%” in your journey to greater professional success!
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Best wishes,
Todd & The Watermarq Team