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What are some of the *worst* KPIs to commit to achieving?

Stephen O'Keefe
HubSpot Senior Director, Customer Success3y
I've found two KPIs to be difficult to commit to: Customer Health. If you have a robust algorithm to measure customer health (influenced by a number of inputs ), it can...
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Trevor Flegenheimer
AlertMedia VP, Customer Success | Formerly Zego, Treacy & Company1y
I think the single worst KPI is 'customer touchpoints.' Customers don't want to be bothered unless you have information that is valuable to them that commands them to sto...
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Kiran Panigrahi
Salesforce Director - Customer Success | Formerly HSBC, DELL, DELOITTE, AGILECRM, GAINSIGHT2y
Committing to certain KPIs in customer success without considering their broader impact or relevance to overall business objectives can lead to misguided efforts and low ...
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Meenal Shukla
Zoom Head of Scaled Customer Success, Onboarding, Learning and Adoption1y
Here are the most problematic KPIs to commit to, especially as CS leader:Pure Satisfaction MetricsRaw NPS/CSAT targets"Customer happiness" scoresWhy: Too easy to game, of...
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Aishwarya Dwivedi
Adobe Director Customer Strategy & Success5mo
I wouldn't say that there are universally worst KPI's as what works or does not really depends on the industry , product maturity , customer base and the specific outcome...
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John Brunkard
Adobe Head of Customer Success (Asia) | Formerly Sitecore, Red Hat, Symantec, Blue Coat, Intel, Dell, Dialogic1y
It is important to focus on KPIs that are actionable, aligned with strategic objectives, and within the scope of what the Customer Success team can influence and control....
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Cormac Kelly
SurveyMonkey VP of Customer Success | Formerly Microsoft7mo
Is there such a thing as a bad metric !! I think once you measure, you are doing something right and have an ability to take action. What you might thinking about how you...
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Giselle Kerth
Deephow Director of Customer Success1y
In my experience, committing to and driving an increase in customer utilization is one of the most challenging KPIs to meet in my industry. If I had a dollar for every ti...
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