Vision Report

To Remain Relevant, Customer Success Requires A Bold New Charter

The Future Of Customer Success Must Balance Commercial And Customer Outcomes

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Jun 25, 2025

Summary

Even as the customer success (CS) function matures, it struggles to quantify its business impact, casting doubt on its future. It has been operating under an outdated charter that focuses on customer happiness. To play a strategic role and be seen as a critical business function, CS must adopt a new approach. This report outlines how CS teams must evolve to embrace a new generation of customer success and transform into a strategic function that drives predictable and sustainable growth.

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