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The Growth Signal — 165 episodes

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Every Customer Touchpoint Is a Promise with Shawn Boehme

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One Referral Beat Millions in Marketing Spend with Cameron Magee

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Your Wallet Is Your Vote. Are You Casting It Right? with Rick Denton

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The Fastest Path to What Works with Nathalie Dorémieux

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Stop Blaming Strategy When the Real Problem Is Operations with Beth Trejo

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Fix Your Process Before AI Breaks It with Sawsan Hamawandy

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The Best Referrals Are the Ones You Never Asked For with Joel Miller

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Stop Competing on Price. Give Buyers a Reason to Choose You with John Dwyer

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The Future of Customer Success Is Autonomous with Abby Hammer

10

Everybody Can Be a Great Speaker with Lynn Neillie

11

How Businesses Accidentally Train Customers to Lie

12

Build a Personal Brand Before AI Makes the Choice for You with Chris Panteli

13

AI Can Write Your Content But It Can’t Be You with Dave Gulas

14

Progress Beats Perfection in Sales and Growth with Ben Wright

15

99% of Marketing Advice Is Setting You Up to Fail with Rachel Allen

16

Growth Isn’t Luck, It’s Engineered with Kathie Feng

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Own Your Marketing or Pay the Price with Sara Nay

18

We Don’t Know How to Lead - And It’s Showing with Adriana Vaccaro

19

The Fake Personalization Trap Killing Trust in Sales with Mark L. Vincent

20

Your Stakeholders Don’t Know What They Need with Bill Shander

21

Do Less to Grow Faster: Why Doing Everything Is Killing Your Business with Ali Raymer

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AI Search Is a Shortlist Engine, Not a Traffic Engine with Daniel Horowitz

23

AI Is Killing Generic Offers, Not Opportunity with Tracy Brinkmann

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Most Small Businesses Don’t Need AI - They Need Automation with Jeremy Yang

25

Your Sellers Aren’t Just Your Sales Team with Lisa Raebel

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Revenge of the Humanities Major in the Age of AI with Chuck Griffith

27

Why Hiring a Big-Company VP of Sales Can Kill Your Startup with Mark Gordon

28

The Reconciliation Tax No One Is Measuring with Allen Martinez

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Why Understanding Isn’t Enough with Chris Majer

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From Static Segments to Living Intelligence with Jill Axline

31

RevOps Failed Post-Sale. Now What? with David DeWolf

32

Stop Owning a Job That Owns You with Rafael Pinho

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The Future Is Live: Why In-Person Experiences Win with Dawn Farrow

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Should You Own a Business Someday? with Scott Elliott

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Fake It Till You Make It Is Dead with Chris Brown

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Accessibility Is a Growth Strategy, Not a Checkbox with Max Ivey

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Why Blue Collar Will Lead the AI Boom with Grant Fuellenbach

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Why Cold Outreach Is a Lie and Warm Markets Win with Billy Sammons

39

The Myth of Fully Automated Customer Service with Rick DeLisi

40

AI Isn’t Replacing You. It’s Exposing You with Gal Borenstein

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Why People Aren’t Listening Anymore and What to Do About It with Anders Boulanger

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Customer Retention Is Where the Profit Lives with Vance Morris

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You Don’t Have an Acquisition Problem...You Have a Conversion Problem with Avnita Gulati

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The Imposter Never Has the Syndrome with Kelly Schuknecht

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Marketing Isn’t Messaging, It’s a Conversation with Perry Sheraw

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Marketing Isn’t Creative, It’s Math with Steve Whittington

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Why Brand Substance Matters More Than Aesthetic with Shivani Pandey

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99% of Jobs Are Gone. Now What? with Samir ElKamouny

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You Don’t Have a Sales Problem...You Have a Clarity Problem with Ethan Giffin

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Why Great Communication Beats Great Strategy in Client Retention with Borja Cuan

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Your Product Is Not the Problem... Your Team Is with Rob Levin

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Why Social Proof Sells Better Than Any Sales Pitch with Yelena Banic

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Clarity Is Not More Information (and Leaders Get This Wrong) with Charlie Sells

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Tech Layoffs Aren’t Over… The Next Wave Is Coming with TJ Walia

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People, Strategy, Execution, Cash: The 4 Things Every Business Must Balance with Fuquan Bilal

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B2B Buyers Want a B2C Experience - And They’re Done Waiting with Ray Hartjen

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Why Copy-Paste Success Fails and Uniqueness Wins with Joseph Drolshagen

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Complacency After the Close Is Killing Your LTV with David Wachs

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Stewardship Beats Selling Every Time with Katherine Lacefield

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Who Really Owns Churn? A Hard Truth for Customer Success with Jeff Moss

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Reality Is Malleable… How Perception Shapes Everything with Aviv Ben Or

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Stop Selling and Start Enrolling with Marc Von Musser

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You Are Your Best Kept Secret with Rachel Minion

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AI Isn’t a Shortcut to Real Relationships with Dusty Gulleson

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The Myth of Autonomous AI and the Cost to Humans with Chris Hood

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Leaders Who Evolve Win the Future with Melih Oztalay

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Crafting Authentic Presence in a Digital-First World with Russell Van Brocklen

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Field Notes: Me-X (When Your CX Is Really About You)

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The Secret Power of Tangible Experiences in a Digital World with Mark Stern

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Fix Your Message, Fix Your Growth with M. Shannon Hernandez

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Stop Paying Twice for Your Own Book with Michele DeFilippo

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The Modern Web Is Held Together by Duct Tape with Matt Dorman

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Stop Treating Sales Like a Slot Machine with Jonny Holsten

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Why AI Can't Fake Human Connection with Craig Andrews

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Why Customer Success Should Own Revenue with Amber Monroe

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AI Isn’t the Advantage You Think It Is with Alison Dixon

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Why Salespeople Don’t Sell - Leaders Do with Joe Candido

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Get Seen, Heard, and Paid: The Power of Publicity with Jill Lublin

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Alyssa Likes to Talk (and That’s the Whole Point)

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AI Won’t Replace You - It’ll Free You to Do Better Work with Eric Turney

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The Future Is Still Human: Why Real Relationships Beat Algorithms with Gary Pageau

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Bridging AI and Humanity: Building Teams That Think and Feel with Joanna Zhang

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Stop Relying on Referrals: Take Control of Your Growth with James Donovan

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Most Businesses Don’t Know What They’re Really Selling… with Sean Shannon

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AI Won’t Replace You… It’ll Expose You with Wes Towers

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Branding Is Your Unfair Advantage with T. Christian Helms

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From Profile to Profit: How AI Can Transform Your LinkedIn Presence with Al Kushner

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Why Founders Fail at Sales (and How to Fix It) with John Lester

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Own Your Weird: Why Authenticity Beats Algorithms with Jason Clark

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Are We Headed for More AI Friends Than Human Ones? with Raj Singh

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The Future of Customer Success Is Still Human with Dannah Vaughan

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Why “Scaled CS” Isn’t Really Customer Success… with Amy Rath

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Stop Letting Customers Define Value with Anthony DeShazor

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Your Brand Isn’t What You Think…It’s What They See with Rich Kozak

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Nothing We Buy Is Logical: Why Emotions Drive Every Decision with Dr. Chris Gray

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Be Different or Be Dead: The Only Strategy That Wins with Roy Osing

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Flying Blind Without Data: Why Most Businesses Miss the Mark with Analytics with Philippa Gamse

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Why Most Experts Are Underpaid and How to Fix It with Ann Carden

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Why the Customer Now Runs the Show with Brandi Starr

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Balancing Transactions and Relationships with James Mills

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Why Most Business Leaders Don’t Really Care About Customers with Ryan Rael

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The Future of Retention Is Human with Matt Mullenax

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Believe in People: The Most Powerful Strategy in Business with Nicky Billou

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The Death of the Art of Sales with Nikita Vakhrushev

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Customers Are Killing Small Businesses with Kristen Corral

106

Burnout Isn’t Your Fault, It’s a System Failure with Lynn Colepaugh

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Sales as Service, Not Sleaze with Brooke Greening

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The Future Belongs to the Fearless with Ken Cox

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Anybody Can Be a Consultant...If You Have the Will and Skill with Dave Seaton

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Start High, Slide Easy: The Power of Pricing Bias with Lynn Whitbeck

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Field Notes: Focus Over Shiny Things (Gabrielle Mills)

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Grow Yourself, Grow Your Business with Gabrielle Mills

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You Don’t Have to Be the Loudest to Lead with Emily Jackson

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Fear of Change, Not AI, Will Disrupt Your Business with Kathy Makranyi

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Field Notes: Process Over People

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Field Notes: Burying Personas, Finding People (Andy Halko)

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Why Personas Are Dead with Andy Halko

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Field Notes: Start the Conversation (Drewbie Wilson)

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Sales Is Easy...If You Just Call the Damn Leads with Drewbie Wilson

120

Why CEOs Should Fix Forecasting, Not Fire Leaders with Lindsay Rios

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Should CSMs Carry a Quota? A No-Holds-Barred Roundtable Debate

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AI Won’t Save Your Brand...You Will with Ruth van Vierzen

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Getting the Sale Doesn’t Mean Getting the Customer with Eli Weiss

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The Algorithm Is Watching: Why Writers Need to Adapt or Disappear with Dennis Meador

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Stop Designing for the Ideal User with Ginny Delaitre

126

Scaling Starts with How You React, Not What You Sell with Jon Weberg

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AI Is Not Your Savior, It's Your Intern with Christopher Tompkins

128

AI Is a Better Listener Than You with Bob London

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Stop Undervaluing CS: It’s Your Biggest Revenue Lever with Anika Zubair

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Your Experience Is Not a Differentiator Anymore with Kristi Faltorusso

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Insights Without Action Are Just Noise with Emma Sopadjieva

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The Signal Goldmine You’re Ignoring with Kevin White

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Every Customer Wants a Digital-First Customer Experience with Andrew Carothers

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Customer Success Isn’t a Department...It’s the Whole Company with Christine Lawther

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Stop Rewarding the Wrong Work in CS with Katie Yagodnik

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Don't Assume Your Map is the Journey with Emily Garza

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Agree to Grow Together: Reclaiming Humanity in CS with Renu Ahluwalia

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Why CX Will Never Exceed EX with Rachel Provan

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Everything Is Dead. Now What? with Cinthia Silva

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Stop Giving Your Customers Homework: Rethinking Success Plans with Dan Ennis

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Why Good Girls Don’t Get the Promotion with Kristi Straw

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Stop Building for the 5% with Mary Migiano

143

Loyalty Is Earned in the Moments That Don’t Go Viral with Christina Garnett

144

AI Won’t Save You, but Curiosity Might with Shelby Garlock

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Is It Time to Kill the Health Score? - Roundtable Replay

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The Real Sale Happens at Renewal with Matt Green

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Your AI Product Sucks and Nobody Cares with Sam Chandler

148

What Top CSMs Know That You Don’t (Yet) with Chad Horenfeldt

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No Surprises: The Secret to Trust, Retention, and Real CX Impact with Gary Marra

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Stop Pretending You’re Customer-First with Brad Davis

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AI Won’t Replace You But Mediocrity Might with Maria Trysla

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The One Question That Defines Real Customer Centricity with Laura Patterson

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The Real Work Starts After the Sale: Why Adoption Needs a Human Strategy with Shannon Gregg

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Stop Walking Around the Mountain: Build What Matters with Titus Jordan

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15 Minutes to Win the Renewal: Reinventing the QBR with Andrea Bumstead

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Let the Customer Define Value with Brian Hansen

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Who Owns Revenue After the Deal? - Roundtable Replay

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Stop Segmenting by Spend: How to Truly Tailor Your CX with Kristen Hayer

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Great CABs Are Conversations, Not Decks with Irene Yam

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High-Consequence Leadership: How Growth Leaders Can Make Faster, Smarter Decisions with Charles Browne

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This Is Not a Drill: How CS Burnout Became the Norm (and What to Do About It) with Bob Mathers

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Trusted Advisors Drive Revenue Too: The Human Side of CS with Sabina Pons

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Stop Treading Water: The One Thing That Sets Strategic CSMs Apart with Alex Turkovic

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CX Starts With EX: Why Happy Teams Build Better Customer Experiences with JP Dumas

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