A Philosophy Unfolding It began with a Venn diagram. For Erin Siemens, Senior Vice President of Client Success at Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), her leadership philosophy on customer success was sparked by a Venn diagram shared by Jeff Weiner, Executive Chairman and former CEO of LinkedIn. The three intersecting circles had titles of “Dream

Gainsight was fortunate enough to “be in the room” at Industry, one of Product Managers’ largest conferences. With over 30 sessions across two days, it was hard to determine which sessions would be the most impactful but we’ve done the hard work so you don’t have to! Here are our top three themes from sessions

It is not uncommon for companies to transition customers to varying segments, especially during an economic downturn. The expectation to do more with less has companies reallocating and stretching internal resources. They also want to protect their customer base by placing a renewed and focused emphasis on particular segments within the base. That means improving

Sanders Slavens, Plex’s VP of Customer Success, sat with Gainsight’s CEO, Nick Mehta, and CCO, Ashvin Vaidyanathan, to discuss their progress in reducing friction and raising customer visibility through their implementation process. When Sanders joined, he built a CS organization with team members who had various technical backgrounds and skills for different initiatives. That included

Gainsight and BazaarVoice have a long history together. Since 2013, BazaarVoice has been using Gainsight’s platform to gain insight into customer health and improve customer experience. BazaarVoice was one of the first software companies to embrace customer success ideology and practices. Recently, Keith Nealon, the new CEO of Bazaarvoice, sat with Nick Mehta, CEO of

COVID-19 has impacted businesses in innumerable ways. As company expectations rise, many expect to see a shorter time to value as finance departments scrutinize budgets to weather the recent unpredictability. Companies have already begun transforming their implementation processes to achieve this goal, but the current pandemic has created new urgency levels. At Gainsight, we pride

Emmanuelle Skala is the SVP of Customer Success at Toast, and I respect the heck out of her. She recently posted about managing “Zoom fatigue,” which prompted me to share what I’ve done to cope with 2020. I’ll say upfront that I am super privileged. I have a job that allows me to work remotely

As the world around us continues to change, it’s more important than ever that we’re listening to our customers. Collecting customer feedback is a no-brainer—in fact, 95% of businesses today collect customer sentiment in one way or another. However, only 10% of those businesses actually act on the feedback they collect. That neglect leads to

This post was co-authored by Martta Eicher Rabago. Janet Jackson once asked, “What have you done for me lately?” Well, from Gainsight’s customer-centric perspective—a lot! We all know how essential it has become to protect and expand your customer base during the current economic downtown, as new logo sales become more challenging. In fact, in

Customer success experts are likely familiar with the six business challenges plaguing the industry: unexpected churn, inability to scale, missed expansion opportunities, a disconnected customer experience, and poor product adoption. The sixth? Lack of customer visibility. For an in-depth understanding of each of these business challenges, don’t miss the remaining webinars in our GameChangers Playbook