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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2020

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While our 2020 Customer Success leaders watchlist below includes long-time Customer Success champions, we’re excited to see several prominent SaaS companies welcome their first-ever Chief Customer Officer to their C-suite roster—a promising sign for the unlimited potential of a career in Customer Success. .

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15 Customer Success Predictions for 2021

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Customer Success will transcend the bottom of the funnel. We’ll move from simply a “post-sale” job function to a complete corporate culture that aligns our goals to the customer’s desired outcomes. More positions in the Customer Success organization will operate in the presale stages of the customer lifecycle.

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20 Customer Success Predictions for 2020

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Vanessa Hannay , Director of Customer Success, Muck Rack . C S starts with investing in leadership defined as such to embed the success mentality into the cultural fabric of the company. Customer happiness and product features won’t float the bill. . Abby Hammer , Chief Customer Officer , ChurnZero .

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CSM from the Trenches: Mentors – Natalie Williams; Director, Customer Success; SmashFly Technologies

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Earlier in my career, there was a specific instance where a customer came to me with a business problem, and in that moment I was so worried about not having the right answer I just started throwing out potential solutions. Externally – understand what success looks like from the perspective of the customer. Question 3.

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Customer Success, Start Playing Offense to Build Your Executive Presence

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But Michael finds many customer success leaders default to playing defense. “I I talk to customer success leaders and they’ll say things like ‘I have a new chief customer officer or a new CEO and I need to find out what they think about customer success,’” says Michael. That’s the wrong approach.”.