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Customer Support Leaders Podcast

Real stories and hard-won lessons from leaders who’ve lived support on the front line. Learn how they grow teams, elevate the craft, and shape the future of customer experience. Hosted by Charlotte Ward.

Podcast episodes

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303: Practically Perfect Support; with Jason Yun

Mary Poppins offers practical lessons for modern customer support leaders on hiring for kindness, staying frontline-focused, and delivering bad news with dignit

302: Using AI to identify coaching opportunities; with Rob Dwyer

AI can help identify coaching opportunities by analyzing patterns across the full customer journey rather than isolated interactions, enabling supervisors to ad

301: Using AI To Make Us Better Managers; with Reagan Helms

Reagan Helms shares how Planning Center built an AI management assistant that enhances one-on-ones through smart note retrieval and context management, keeping

300: Reflecting on the Year So Far; with Alec Moloney

Charlotte Ward and Alec Maloney explore how AI and automation are transforming modern customer support teams, discussing build versus buy decisions, vendor eval

299: AI Won't Fix Your Knowledge Quality Problem - It'll Expose It; with Leslie O’Flahavan

AI exposes rather than fixes knowledge quality problems, requiring teams to focus on understanding real readers and improving content planning rather than relyi

298: Returning to the Office; with Andrew Rios

Customer support leaders returning to office work can maintain productivity and sustainability by intentionally designing their schedules, protecting personal t

297: AI Beyond The Queue; with Robert Cabral

AI-first customer support extends beyond basic chatbots to leverage automation for scaling service while protecting relationships, reporting clarity, and meanin

296: Flipping Away From Leadership; with Jenny Dempsey

Jenny Dempsey shares her journey from customer support leadership to layoff, exploring how losing a title forced her to redefine success and discover that impac

295: Fearless CX; with Nate Brown

Explore Fearless CX with Nate Brown, a bold approach to enhancing customer experience amidst fear and insular thinking, emphasizing trust, collaboration, and modern voice of customer strategies for effective organizational outcomes.

294: What Support Does When AI Takes The Tickets; with Ryan Klausner

Explore the future of customer support with Ryan Klausner, discussing the impact of AI on support roles and how to transition from reactive to proactive strategies for enhancing customer experience.

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