The Strategic CSM: How to Drive Business Outcomes with Chad Horenfeldt
The Customer Success Pro Podcast · 2025-09-03 · 53 min
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Signup for the FREE Masterclass: In this episode of the Customer Success Pro Podcast, host Anika Zuber speaks with Chad Hornerfeld, VP of Customer Success at Sienna AI, about the evolution of customer success and the importance of strategic customer success management. They discuss the shift from traditional customer success roles to a more strategic approach, focusing on business outcomes rather than just product adoption. Chad shares insights from his newly published book, 'The Strategic Customer Success Manager,' and provides frameworks for CSMs to enhance their strategic conversations and relationships with customers. The episode emphasizes the need for CSMs to understand their customers' businesses and to ask the right questions to drive value and outcomes.