This is The Customer Success Pro Podcast, hosted by Anika Zubair. Customer Success is not a destination, but a a journey. Join me on this crazy CS journey as I chat to leaders, strategists and experts in customer success about their experiences and definitions of customer success and share with your their best practices on how to build and scale world class CS organization. Each interview will unlock tips, tricks and best practices to help scale your customer success career and company. I will dive into important and relevant topics to help spread knowledge about customer success in order to help companies put the customer at the center of their business. Because at the end of the day when customer are successful, so is the company.
Learn more at: thecustomersuccesspro.com
This is The Customer Success Pro Podcast, hosted by Anika Zubair. Customer Success is not a destination, but a a journey. Join me on this crazy CS journey as I chat to leaders, strategists and experts in customer success about their experiences and definitions of customer success and share with your their best practices on how to build and scale world class CS organization. Each interview will unlock tips, tricks and best practices to help scale your customer success career and company. I will dive into important and relevant topics to help spread knowledge about customer success in order to help companies put the customer at the center of their business. Because at the end of the day when customer are successful, so is the company.
Learn more at: thecustomersuccesspro.com
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In this episode, Anika Zubair discusses the common mistakes made by customer success leaders and how to avoid them. She emphasizes the importance of aligning customer success with revenue, building a high-performing team, defining success metrics, and becoming a strategic partner within the organization. Anika shares her personal experiences and insights on delegation, coaching, and empowering teams to achieve their goals. The episode concludes with a call to action for leaders to reflect on their practices and make necessary changes to enhance their leadership effectiveness.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Customer Success Leadership Challenges
02:51 Common Mistakes in Customer Success Leadership
05:40 Aligning Customer Success with Revenue
08:49 Building Effective Teams and Metrics
11:35 Strategies for Exceptional Customer Success Leadership
14:43 Defining Success and Tracking Impact
17:48 Becoming a Strategic Partner in Customer Success
20:35 Wrap up
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