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Stephen O'Keefe
Stephen O'Keefe
HubSpot Senior Director, Customer SuccessFebruary 22
I've found two KPIs to be difficult to commit to: 1. Customer Health. If you have a robust algorithm to measure customer health (influenced by a number of inputs ), it can be hard commit to a certain outcome. To frame this another way, I've often observed customer health scores as b......Read More
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Georgia Glanville Harrison
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Technical Support response targets! We’ve all been there, and being the first Success Hire is super exciting. You get to wear many hats, get involved all the way through the customer lifecycle and be scrappy to get customers what they need. For us at the beginning, that meant taking on a lot of T......Read More
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Ben Terrill
Ben Terrill
Brex Senior Director, Customer SuccessJanuary 19
I find the best CSMs are: * Curious - they want to understand “why”. This translates well with customers as it means they have an innate desire to understand their business. It also means that they are likely to find the CSM role very rewarding. * Builders - especially in the early days.......Read More
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Brett Milstein
Brett Milstein
Narvar Director, Customer SuccessFebruary 8
There are two questions I always like to ask during an initial interview with a candidate: 1. Tell me about a problem you have worked on and how you solved it? - In full transparency, I actually borrowed this question from an article I read about Elon Musk's interview questions. I found the re......Read More
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Natasha Evans
Natasha Evans
Salesloft VP, Customer SuccessJanuary 26
When it comes to maintaining positive relationships with customers – especially if your champion has changed and you need to restate your value proposition – I always think about three things as related to customer touchpoints: 1. You have to be intentional about building out a level of service......Read More
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Rebecca Warren
Rebecca Warren
Eightfold Director, Customer SuccessJanuary 18
As with any time you join a new company, listen, listen, listen, and THEN ask, ask, ask! I highly suggest driving those 1:1s if they aren’t already scheduled for you, and then spend time understanding the internal processes (and why they were built the way they are). I would stay away from “well,......Read More
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Christine Vienna Knific
Christine Vienna Knific
mParticle Senior Director, Customer Success - North AmericaJanuary 18
The most important things to consider when assessing a new opportunity with a different company are: * The company's trajectory. Is there a viable path to success for the organization, and are you comfortable with that path? (i.e. are they profitable? If not, what level of ambiguity works......Read More
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Conor Holmes
Conor Holmes
Confluent Director, Customer Success EMEAFebruary 24
Generally, when hiring CS team members, for me, it's all about soft skills; * Deep customer empathy * Great communication skills * Strategic thinking * Time and project management * Active listening * Problem-solving The hard skills are more related to domain knowledge, which can primaril......Read More
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Jessica Haas
Jessica Haas
Appcues VPCXApril 27
The two areas I would recommend are 1) Sharpening your Sales skills and 2) Adopting some Product Manager mindsets.  When working with customers and the further upmarket you go, the more enriched these conversations need to be and the immediate areas for many customers are to understand their c......Read More
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Nicole Alrubaiy
Nicole Alrubaiy
Jellyfish Senior Vice President, Customer SuccessMarch 1
What a wonderful opportunity- to start a fresh org! I see the Customer Success org as playing a key linking role between departments in your company to bring continuity to the customer journey, and with customers to make their voices heard within your organization. The first few weeks are abou......Read More
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