Voice of the Team Category

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Peter’s Perspective: Take Control of the Noise

When we see the word noise, we think of something unpleasant, something that drowns out quiet. Quiet is the word that more professionals say is the state we should be attempting to reach as businesspeople if we want to reach a higher level of personal satisfaction and realize greater amounts of business productivity. There are […]

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How to Close the Loop in Voice of the Customer (VoC) Programs (For Real)

Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs are extremely valuable for collecting customer feedback and deeper insights into the health of your customer relationships. A good VoC program is comprehensive and involves gathering feedback from many different channels. The best VoC programs not only collect and analyze customer data and feedback from a variety of sources, […]

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Peter’s Perspective: Ted, the CFO,Grabs the Mic

I’ve never been a CFO, but I’ve known and worked with more than a few – some have been friends – and one is a current colleague, Ted. Ted’s a great guy. Humble, unassuming, smart, and intimidating in a friendly way. I think Ted and all the CFOs I’ve known might see themselves in this […]

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Peter’s Perspective: Run Around the Block First and Then We’ll Talk

I was on the varsity football team in high school and I not-so-secretly wanted to be seen as another #88 – Lynn Swann, the graceful and magic-handed wide receiver for the Pittsburg Steelers. Every other guy I knew wanted to be #58 – Jack Lambert, the quick on his feet and hard-hitting middle linebacker for […]

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Coaching Tips for Helping CSMs Move Beyond the Tactical

Customer Success leaders often run into a recurring theme when meeting with Customer Success Managers (CSMs): CSMs seem to be weighed down in tactical conversations with their customers and leave every call feeling they are adding little or no value to the business partnership. They often report that customers only want to speak about lacking […]

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BIG RYG 2022: Key Takeaways

BIG RYG 2022 was a jam-packed two days of engaging sessions, new connections, and “aha” moments. I left Washington, DC thinking that the event was hugely successful at connecting the audience to the art of crafting Customer Success at scale, while pushing the limits of Customer Success leaders’ abilities to own reporting on revenue metrics […]

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Peter’s Perspective: How CS Can Weather the Approaching Storm

Hurricanes have been prominent in the news recently here in North America. Overlapping over two weeks in September, we had Fiona and Ian. Two vast and destructive storms that caused an immense amount of physical, emotional, and financial pain over vast geographic areas. I came close to being in the bullseye of Hurricane Fiona during […]

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8 Keys to Preparing CSMs for Challenging Customer Conversations

Customers find their way into companies through various channels at different times. Their experience with your company and distinct use of products and services will always be unique. Companies tend to approach all customers with “one size fits all” processes and understanding. Instead, I recommend meeting customers as they are, instead of how we would […]

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5 Key Takeaways from The Customer Conference Europe 2022

I was lucky enough to attend The Customer Conference Europe 2022 in London, and after taking in what was a very full two days of information, thoughts, opinions, and interaction, I’ve untangled all that I experienced and observed to come away with five key points that really resonated: 1. Customer Success is not one-size-fits-all I […]

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Rants of a Customer Success Analyst: That’s a Wrap…. For Now

Welcome to the end. The last three months have passed by so quickly and we’ve covered a lot in this series— The role of Customer Success Analysts and the impact we can have, not only on the Customer Success organization, but the entire company, in bringing cross-functional collaboration and alignment. How to start small with […]