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From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Scaling Your Customer Success Team Without Losing Control

Aug 30, 2023
Scaling expert in Customer Success teams, Johan, and Lincoln discuss the challenges of scaling Customer Success teams without losing the personal touch. They address topics such as customer life cycle stages, capacity planning, leadership, and coaching. Key quotes include 'Confidence and competence: The twin engines of scaling customer success' and 'Leadership isn't about control, it's about empowering control in others.'
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  • It is essential for heads of customer success to let go of control and focus on efficient ways to use their care and involvement as their teams grow.
  • Formalizing processes, mapping out lifecycle stages, and understanding progress milestones are key to successfully scaling customer success teams.

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The Importance of Letting Go of Control

As a head of customer success, there is a tendency to be very integrated with a small team and hands-on with customers. However, as the team grows, it becomes difficult to maintain that level of connection. It is essential to let go of control and not micromanage every aspect. Caring and being involved should not translate into overwhelming involvement in day-to-day operations. It is crucial to decouple caring from micromanagement and focus on efficient ways to use that care.

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