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What are the most important customer success skills or perspectives that others inside an organization could benefit from that would improve their day to day work?

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Customer Success Soft and Hard Skills
  1. Conor Holmes
    Conor Holmes

    Confluent Senior Director of CS & Account Management • 3y

    What I enjoy most about the customer success role is the lens of seeing customers grow from their initial commitment to successful renewals and expansions where the customer achieves their goals. Throughout this journey, many teams often engage and work with the customer to support this motion. Having a view of the end-to-end customer journey and a strong understanding of the motions that drive customer value is a perspective that can benefit most areas of the business. 

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  2. Manil Vasantha
    Manil Vasantha

    Leader, Customer Service • 3y

    Core skills are a combination of both soft and hard skills. Communication skills, analytical skills, problem-solving skills, product knowledge, and inter-departmental and intra-departmental relationship building. Emotional intelligence is something you must have and believe at your core. This is the only thing that will bail you out when all else fails - your gut! Trust it! Adaptability, as I said, change is the only constant. Be fluid and nimble to customers changing landscape. Empathy puts you ...Read More

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  3. Rox Fitzmaurice
    Rox Fitzmaurice

    Jellyfish Director of Customer Success • 4mo

    It sounds to me like this question is asking about Customer Success skills that translate well to other functions across the organization. Because so many of the core CS metrics ultimately tie back to driving down churn and increasing retention, my gut reaction is that the most valuable skills are the ones that consistently put the customer experience first. These skills don’t just impact financial outcomes; they also help keep the customer top of mind for teams who may not interact with custome ...Read More

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  4. Natasha Evans
    Natasha Evans

    Hook VP Customer Growth • 2y

    There's only one that springs to mind and it's "Put the customer at the centre of everything you do".

    If every department thinks customer first, then the whole company wins, as well as the customers!

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  5. Meenal Shukla
    Meenal Shukla

    Zoom Head of Scaled Customer Success, Onboarding, Learning and Adoption • 3y

    Here are a few key ones: Customer-Centric Mindset: The ability to put yourself in the customer's shoes and truly understand their needs, expectations, and experiences is crucial. This perspective can improve decision-making across all roles by always prioritizing what's best for the customer. Effective Communication: This is a critical skill in customer success and can also benefit anyone in an organization. Being able to clearly and effectively convey information, whether it's responding to a q ...Read More

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