GREAT customer success managers aren't born, they're made.

the CSM Coaching program teaches you the key methods and strategies that are guaranteed to transform you into a world-class CSM.

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Anyone can become a great CSM, all they need is the right knowledge, mindset and skills.

The Customer Success Manager Coaching program teaches you the key skills and strategies you need to take control of your accounts and time.

Stop feeling like...

...you're constantly in fire-fighting mode.

...you're overwhelmed and under productive.

...your accounts own you, instead of you owning them.

...your customer's renewals are out of your control.

Take control of your career. Register TODAY.

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We'll teach you the key methods, best practices and strategies that are guaranteed to increase your effectiveness.

“I REALLY ENJOYED THE REAL WORLD SCENARIOS AND EXAMPLES. THEY HELPED ME THINK ABOUT AND APPLY THE LEARNINGS TO MY ROLE DIRECTLY.”

— Brandy Guillory, IBM

With this program we show YOU EXACTLY how to become the CSM you know you can be.

In this 6-month, instructor-led, program you'll get the knowledge and guidance you need to increase your effectiveness as a CSM.

The CSM Coaching program is all about teaching you the skills and confidence that you to become the best CSM that you can be.

Each week we'll introduce you to a new, critical aspect of delivering Customer Success.

Over the course of the program, we'll help you to build the knowledge and skills that you need to translate your desire to be a great CSM into reality.

In addition to the lessons, the program features live, private 1-on-1 coaching sessions with an experienced Customer Success executive as well as, Group Coaching sessions with your peers and fellow participants.

Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and coaching that you need to set personal and professional objectives, resolve current challenges and accelerate your career growth.

The SuccessCOACHING CSM Coaching Program provides both new and experienced Customer Success Managers with proven methods, best practices and tools that will enable you to up your CSM game and maximize your ability to make your customers successful.

“THIS COURSE IS A MUST-ATTEND FOR CSMS AND THEIR LEADERS ALIKE. IT PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT SKILLS AND INFORMATION BASE TO ENABLE CSMS TO BE TRUSTED ADVISORS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!”

— Lori Pitts, Telogis

the csm coaching program helps you

CSM COACHING

DELiVER BETTER OUTCOMES

LEARN HOW

DELIVER Better OUTCOMES

Manage your book of business more efficiently and effectively.

CSM COACHING

CREATE DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS

LEARN HOW

CREATE DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS

Build advocacy, turn your best customers into your biggest fans.

CSM COACHING

GROW YOUR CAREER

LEARN HOW

GROW YOUR CAREER

Learn the key skills you need to get ahead and grow your career.

Go from wondering if you're going to be successful as a CSM, to knowing that you're going to be a world-class Customer Success Manager.

WE teach you exactly how. No high-level theory. Just practical step by step guidance and actionable advice.

What will I learn?

The CSM Coaching Program covers the six key areas where a csm must excel if they are going to deliver the results necessary to succeed as a CSM.

Getting Started as a CSM

You'll understand why your role exists, the metrics used to measure the success or failure of your team, and how your customer thinks. This knowledge will make you a better communicator and decision maker. When it comes to delivering success to your customers and for your organization you'll know exactly what it looks like.

WEEK 1 | COACHING COURSE OVERVIEW & SMART OBJECTIVES

Let's roll. You'll start with a guided tour of the next 24 weeks of the Program and will learn about SMART Objective setting. You'll use your new found knowledge to set your Objectives for the course and your coaching.
WEEK 2 | ORIGINS OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Where did customer success come from? You'll get the full story. You'll learn the technological and business drivers behind the evolution that lead to the the transformation of the post-sales client services organization into customer success.
WEEK 3 | UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER SUCCESS METRICS

If you want to achieve it, you better put a number on it. Ever wondered how to calculate CLTV (or what it even is)? You're going to learn all about the key metrics that you will hear about regularly. You'll learn what they mean and how to calculate them.
WEEK 4 | THINK LIKE A CUSTOMER

It's easy to say you're 'customer centric', but much harder to actually walk the walk. You'll learn what customer-first thinking looks like, and get some practical tactics that you can apply right away to increase your customer-centric thinking.

Managing Your Accounts

We'll teach you how to effectively manage your accounts to drive success, ensure alignment, develop advocates and increase customer lifetime value. We'll introduce you to effective account management strategies that focus on rapid value realization, resulting in increased customer lifetime value and increased opportunities for expansion and upsell.

WEEK 5 | SUCCESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT & EXECUTION

Customer Success is a journey. And, the road to Success is always under construction. You'll learn what goes into the creation of a Success Plan. You'll come away with the knowledge and skills to develop and execute a Success Plan that delivers.
WEEK 6 | EFFECTIVE BUSINESS REVIEWS

Success is about always making sure that you’re delivering value with every customer interaction. You'll learn what a Business Review is and how to make your next one a success. You will learn the complete process step-by-step and will come away with the recipe for creating a Business Review that delivers value.
WEEK 7 | CREATING ADVOCACY

Turn your happy customers into raving fans. You'll the keys to creating customer advocacy and will come away with an advocacy playbook that you can put into action to help you drive deeper customer relationships and spur expansion.
WEEK 8 | MANAGING ACCOUNTS TO DRIVE CLTV

Managing your accounts is more than just Success Plans and QBRs. You'll learn advanced strategies and techniques for managing your accounts. You'll be introduced to an expanded set of account planning tools and templates that will enable you to establish the right relationships with the right stakeholders and aid you in becoming a trusted advisor.

Managing Your Time

The most effective CSM’s are those that can be proactive even in the face of time limitations. This portion of the program focuses on time mastery and will help you avoid time wasting activities and provide you with a step-by-step guide for setting up your own time mastery control center, creating a schedule that sets you up to execute and offers specific tools and tactics to handle relentless requests for your time.

WEEK 9 | DEFINE WHO IS IN CONTROL

Ever feel like your week owns you, and not the other way around? You'll learn the factors that prevent you from managing your time, the 3 steps to time mastery and how your inefficient work life will change as you begin to understand the root cause of your time challenges.
WEEK 10 | SET YOUR AGENDA

Where did the week go? Determine where you really spend your time during the day, where you want to be spending your time, how you actually spend your time and establish your “command center” for taking control of it.
WEEK 11 | EMAIL MASTERY

Have you ever dreamed of achieving to inbox zero? You'll learn how to control your inbox in 1 minute and stop hovering over it on a daily basis by combining email with your “command center”.
WEEK 12 | BUILDING AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT STICKS

Taking control is only as good as your ability to maintain it. You'll establish goals to measure yourself, develop your own success log and figure out how to call BS on yourself when appropriate, so that you remain the master of your week.

Managing
Your Stakeholders

Managing your stakeholders is an important aspect of customer success. This module focuses on giving you the tools and strategies that will enable you to deal with a variety of personalities and situations. Your ability to manage your stakeholders can mean the difference between being considered a true partner or just another vendor in the eyes of your key customer stakeholders.

WEEK 13 | TAKING A CONSULTATIVE APPROACH

Learn to go deeper with your accounts and uncover the opportunities that you've been missing. Taking a consultative approach will help you establish a trusted advisor relationship with your key stakeholders. Learn how to apply the consultative approach to understanding and connecting business needs with your solution so you can deliver the outcomes your customer needs.
WEEK 14 | EXECUTION & FOLLOW-THROUGH

Strategy and process are great, but executing and managing expectations is where the 'rubber meets the road'. You'll learn how to get focused and execute like a champ. You'll develop a deeper understanding of the most important aspects of execution, follow-through and expectation management.
WEEK 15 | ESCALATIONS & OWNERSHIP

How you address issues and handle expectations make a huge difference in how you’re perceived by your customers. Learn how you can take ownership of your customers in the right way, and navigate both internal and external escalations.
WEEK 16 | HANDLING TRICKY CUSTOMERS

I want it all, and I want it yesterday! Customers come in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles, you'll learn how to profile your different customer types and the keys to how to work best with even your trickiest customers and the situations they present.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

Being able to assess situations, solve problems, and make decisions is a daily activity for CSMs. Effective problem solving and decision making is a skill that will take you far in your career. During this part of the program, we'll teach you the tools, frameworks and techniques that will help you solve problems, make decisions, and assist you with determining the root cause so you can avoid the issue in the future.

WEEK 17 | INTRODUCTION TO OODA

Do you struggle with making quick decisions? You'll learn about OODA, the method fighter pilots use, and how you can immediately apply it to your current challenges so that you're making high-quality, snap decisions.
WEEK 18 | THE IDEAL FRAMEWORK

Ever have your boss tell you you need to be more strategic in your thinking and problem solving? Having a structured approach to your thinking is the first step. You'll learn to inject more rigor into your thinking and approach to solving challenges using the IDEAL framework. You'll come away with a framework and best-practices that will lead to IDEAL solutions.
WEEK 19 | LEVERAGING THE 5 WHY’S

Ever been with a six-year old and all they keep asking is why? Why? Why? They've got the right idea, you'll learn how to harness your curiosity and get to the heart of the matter using the 5 Why's approach to root cause analysis. You will learn how to go beyond the surface level solutions; instead getting down to where the core issue lies with this practical approach to root cause analysis.
WEEK 20 | ROOT CAUSE & BEYOND

Being great at firefighting is a nice skill to have in the short term; long-term, not so much. You will learn how to take the decisions and solutions that you've learned to develop and apply them to make the problems related to them a thing of the past. You'll learn key tactics to help you affect the changes necessary on your team and in your organization to resolve your challenges.

Managing Internal Stakeholders

Understanding how to handle your customers is a critical factor for your success as a CSM and so is how you handle and address the teams in your internal organization. In this series of modules, we'll work on the skills necessary to develop and nurture internal relationships. We'll explore how thinking customer-first goes beyond the Success team, and strategies for dealing with and harnessing both positive and negative feedback from your customers to your advantage.

WEEK 21 | CULTIVATING INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

Customer Success is a team sport. Learn how to cultivate and nurture your internal relationships is critical if you want to get things done. Do you depend on others in your larger organization to make your successful? You'll learn learn how to establish effective internal relationships and how to align effectively with other parts of your organization so you get the help you need to make your customers successful.
WEEK 22 | ALIGNING & COMMUNICATING WITH SALES

Is blaming things on Sales becoming a contact sport in your organization? All to often, companies fail to realize that the old way of thinking, Sales is responsible for bringing in the customers and CS is responsible for keeping them, is dead. You'll learn how to align your priorities and objectives with your Sales counterparts and turn them into your key partner in delivering Success.
WEEK 23 | THINKING 'CUSTOMER-FIRST'

The most successful organizations put the needs and requirements of the customer ahead of everything and anything else. Does yours? You'll learn key strategies and practices to always keep your customer at the fore-front of your organizations thinking.
WEEK 24 | RESPONDING TO CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

All customer feedback is a gift. Getting great customer feedback is like striking gold, but what about negative feedback? You'll learn how you respond to both and what you need to do with the information to drive improved engagement and higher levels of customer advocacy.

“SUCCESSHACKER’S CSM PROGRAMS NOT ONLY PROVIDED A GREAT OVERVIEW FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO THE CSM WORLD, BUT ALSO PROVIDED GREAT DETAILED INFORMATION THAT CURRENT CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAMS AND CSMS CAN LEVERAGE TO REDUCE CHURN RISK AND POSITIVELY IMPACT USAGE.”

— Liz Murphy, Genesys

Why join THE Program today?

Enrollment for the Fall Cohort closes September 15th, 2017. no exceptions.

We only run the program once per quarter and we keep enrollment for each cohort limited to 50 participants. This way, we can be sure that the coaching team can dedicate 1-on-1 attention to every single student to help them succeed.

If you want to learn exactly what you need to do to become an exceptional CSM, we're happy to share our best-practices, strategies, tactics, templates and time with you.

If you’d prefer to 'Google your way to greatness' by wading through 100's of blog posts and learn at the expense of your customers, that’s certainly an option, but do you really have the time?

From our experience, when you try to go the DIY route you end up reading a ton of conflicting stuff and end up more confused than when you started. Worst of all, you 'hit the wall' pretty quickly and getting highly demotivated by the lack of progress towards your goal of improving yourself and unlocking your potential.

So why go that route? It's not a great use of your time and certainly isn't going to get you where you want to be quickly or easily.

Ready to go from good to great?

Reach your potential, become the world-class CSM that you want to be.

Your CSM Coaching Program includes:

Lifetime access to LESSONS
Access to Templates and Tools

PRIVATE COMMUNITY ACCESS
100% Money Back Guarantee

CSM Coaching Program Options

VIP Plan

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

^$2995

24 KEY LESSONS, DELIVERED WEEKLY

24 WEEKLY GROUP COACHING SESSIONS

(6) 1-ON-1 COACHING SESSIONS

PERSONALIZED ACTION PLAN

6 MONTHS OF UNLIMITED PRIORITY EMAIL ACCESS TO YOUR PROGRAM COACH

6 MONTHS OF UNLIMITED ACCESS TO COACHES ON A PRIVATE SLACK CHANNEL

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Pay in six installments of $599

Plus Plan

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

^$2495

24 KEY LESSONS, DELIVERED WEEKLY

24 WEEKLY GROUP COACHING SESSIONS

(2) 1-ON-1 COACHING SESSIONS

PERSONALIZED ACTION PLAN

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Pay in six installments of $499

Basic Plan

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

^$1995

24 KEY LESSONS, DELIVERED WEEKLY

24 WEEKLY GROUP COACHING SESSIONS

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Pay in six installment s of $399

BECOME THE CSM YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE.

Customer Success is a Team Sport

Bring your whole team and learn together. Team Pricing Available.

Most growing Customer Success teams don't have two things: resources and lots of spare time.

When you're growing, you don't have a lot of time or the free headcount to training. Yet, as your team grows the need for high-quality training only becomes more pressing.

You can try and get the extra headcount for a trainer. But, If you have the choice of hiring a trainer or another CSM, 9 times out of 10 you're going to choose the CSM. So, how do you grow the skills of your team?

Sure, you can try and do it on your own. But, if they're already slammed, how much of their time are you going to be able to carve out without impacting customers?

Do you really want to have them take time away from their customers (likely your most important ones) to try and figure out how to turn what they know into training?

Probably not. Working with customers is always the best use of their time.

The CSM Coaching Program is a smart alternative.

Stop trying to re-invent the wheel. We use our proven approach to teach your team the exact skills and approaches they need to know to nurture and grow your customer base.

And the best part, is you don't have to try and carve out any of your team's valuable time (that they should be spending with customers) to build a single slide, record a single video or lead a training session.

We've done all the heavy lifting for you. Plus we give them the coaching and advice they need, which means more time for you as a leader to lead.

Team Pricing is available for teams of 3 or more. Contact us to get pricing and bring your whole team!

MEET THE COACHES

EXPERIENCE COUNTS. all coaches are former customer Success LEaders who apply their operational backgrounds and wealth of real-world experience to the challenge of helping you become an exceptional CSM.

James Scott

General Partner, SuccessHACKER

12 years experience in Customer Success, Sales, Operations, Support and Services.

Andrew Marks

CO-Founder, successhacker

24 years experience in Operations, Customer Success, Services and Account Management.

Nils Vinje

founder, Glide consulting

Top 25 Influencer in Customer Success. Founder of Glide Consulting.

Todd Eby

co-founder, successhacker

23 years experience in Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Product Development.

Answers To Commonly Asked Questions

Do you offer a Money-Back Guarantee?

If you don't feel that you are getting the value we promise within 30 days of the course starting, let us know and we'll refund your money straight away. Refunds cannot be issued after your initial 30 days on the program.
What types of payment do you accept?

Currently we accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB, Discover and ACH. We do not accept PayPal. At this time we only accept payments online so we will not be able to accept a P.O., invoice you, or take an order over the phone.
How much of my time is this going to take per week?

The time commitment for this program is expected to be approxiately 2-3 hours per week. There will be reading and exercises for you to complete which may require further time to be dedicated depending on your skills with the related materials.
Will I still have access to the materials after the program?

Yes. Once the program is completed you will retain access to the learning materials that were shared via our Learning Management System. You will also be able to continue to leverage the private space created for your cohort in the OUTCOMES Community.
How do the Group Coaching Sessions and 1-on-1's work?

SThe group coaching sessions are staffed by at least one member of the Coaching team. You can participate by joining a live conference call where you can ask questions or just listen in. We expect most of the discussion to be focused on the content distributed for the topics presented that week, but we will also provide advice and guidance to program members on related topics or challenges. The 1-on-1's are scheduled private sessions with one of the Coaches and are dedicated to working with you on your personal objectives and action plan.
How many participants can be in the program?

Each cohort in the program is limited to 50 students to guarantee the best possible outcomes. Our experience shows us that people learn best in small to medium-sized groups. We have found that limiting the number of participants to 50 enables the group to build relationships with fellow students as they study without making meeting everyone overwhelming.
Will the participants be able to interact with one another?

Participants will have access to a private space on OUTCOMES Community and we encourage that participants interact with one another. This is not just about us speaking at you. We want you to interact with each other and help each other when possible. That space will remain beyond the completion of the program in “Alumni” status.
I'm an experienced CSM, is this program for me?

It depends on you and where you are at in your personal development. The program has been designed to provide people who are considering a career as a CSM, as well as CSMs with less than 3 years of experience, with the skills they need to thrive in their role. We have found that much of the material is useful to even more experienced CSMs, especially the Advocacy, Time Mastery, Consultative Appoach and Effective QBRs/EBRs portions of the curriculum.
Will work pay for this?

If your company has an education benefit, you can definitely use that benefit to attend the CSM Coaching Program. We have had entire teams use that strategy to join the program and work through it as a team.
Why can't I just read blog posts and become a better CSM?

The CSM Coaching program was designed to get you better results based on a structured program and approach. We provide you with a proven course of study and hold you accountable for putting what you learn into action after every week. Sure, you could read 100's of blog pages and try to Google your way to greatness, but how much extra time do you have in your week?

The CSM Coaching program covers far more ground than any blog posts or podcasts out there and we not only teach you, we coach you on how to use it. Sure you can Google topics and pull together lots of info, but there's no replacing the aid you get from a coach with 750 words of general advice.

We believe that the CSM Coaching program is the most comprehensive program. When it comes to growing your skills, you can always choose to DIY, but if you want rapid results the CSM Coaching program is going to give you the highest return on your time invested.

READY TO INVEST IN YOUR CAREER AS A CSM?

GET THE KNOWLEDGE AND COACHING YOU NEED TO INCREASE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER.

Your CSM Coaching Program includes:

Lifetime access to LESSONS
Access to Templates and Tools

PRIVATE COMMUNITY ACCESS
100% Money Back Guarantee