Guest: Chad Hordenfeldt - Building and Using Trust to Drive Success
- 33:11
- March 16th 2021
In this episode we sit down with Chad Hornefeldt, Director of Customer Success at Kustomer. Chad shares his insights and experience in building trust, and using trust, to drive relationships and success.
ABOUT CHAD HORDENFELDT
Chad has 15+ years of experience building and developing Customer Success teams, including implementing Customer Success strategies resulting in exemplary customer satisfaction, retention, and growth rates.
Chad’s reputation to drive and create outcome-focused programs drives long-lasting relationships based on trust and creating a culture that puts the customer at the center of everything that he does. He specializes in hiring the best people, leveraging technology to increase efficiency, and above all is committed to fostering the Customer Success community.
Chad was named one of the top 150+ global customer experience thought leaders and influencers of 2020 and a top 25 Customer Success influencer. You can read more about his Customer Success journey at enlightenedcustomers.com
Connect with Chad
Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadhorenfeldt/
https://twitter.com/ChadTev
Blog: https://enlightenedcustomers.com/
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