Customer Success Management (CSM), at its core, is about ensuring that our customers thrive, and it centers on accelerating time to value at each stage in the relationship lifecycle (Land, Adopt, Expand, Renew). As sellers, the importance of integrating a CSM practice cannot be underestimated in today's subscription economy. But the shift to becoming truly CSM centric isn't easy, no matter what size your organization might be. It involves developing a charter and bringing together the right people, process, analytics and more.
Each partner is understandably at a different stage in their transition to CSM, and my question to you today is, how would you rate your progress? Are you just getting started or is your program already operating at full throttle? If you're wondering how your initiatives stack up, take a look at the progression chart below, which is based on information published by the CS experts at TSIA. Before you get started, sign up for our May 16 webinar, "Understanding the Customer Experience." TSIA will be joining us to explore the CSM maturity framework in greater detail and discuss how partners can benefit.
The Journey to Customer Success Management Maturity
Navigating Your Progression to CS Maturity
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said it best: the only thing that is constant is change. Leaders in their respective markets are those that possess the ability to recognize and adapt to change, thus seizing the opportunities that change presents. In the subscription economy, your business success is intimately tied to that of your customers -so investing in a CSM practice is win-win into the foreseeable future.
At Cisco, our future is driven by the success that you and your customers achieve. It is our hope that with a deeper understanding of your own progression towards CSM maturity, you can more effectively advance your efforts, form tighter relationships, align technology with value realization and uncover new opportunities for growth.
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Join us on May 16that 2pm EST for our next Customer Success Talk webinar: Understanding the Customer Experience.