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Wayne McCulloch

The Seven Pillars of Customer Success

Build a rock-solid customer success strategy that drives retention, growth, and long-term impact—one pillar at a time.
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What's You Learn?
Customer success philosophy must permeate entire organizations, not isolated departments – The Seven Pillars by Wayne McCulloch builds success cultures company-wide.

This comprehensive customer success summary and key takeaways outline:

  • Success Operationalization - Build systematic processes ensuring consistent customer outcomes
  • Onboarding Excellence - First impressions determine entire customer lifecycle success rates
  • Moments of Truth - Every department must optimize their specific customer interaction points
  • Cultural Integration - Spread success philosophy beyond dedicated teams throughout organizations


The hidden gem: McCulloch's Google Cloud experience proves customer success drives 10x better retention than support alone.

Build success with Click.Apply.Grow™: Identify three moments of truth tomorrow. Train all departments monthly. Measure customer outcomes quarterly. Companies embracing success philosophy achieve 92% net revenue retention.

Support fixes. Success prevents.

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About the Author

Wayne McCulloch is Google Cloud's Customer Success Leader and Top 100 Customer Success Strategist who wrote the playbook for SaaS retention.

Author of The Seven Pillars framework, McCulloch brings 25+ years customer-focused experience from PeopleSoft, Vignette, Salesforce (SVP), Kony Inc. (CCO), and Looker (VP Customer Success). Multiple industry awards recipient. Keynote speaker on customer success strategies. Leading Google Cloud's entire SaaS portfolio customer success. Visit cspillars.com for templates and certification.

2025 relevance: With SaaS churn rates skyrocketing and CAC payback periods extending, McCulloch's retention frameworks are survival guides for subscription businesses.

His Seven Pillars methodology reduces customer churn by 40% within first year. Companies implementing McCulloch's strategies achieve 120% net revenue retention versus 90% industry average. Training thousands in customer success excellence.

Silicon Valley's customer retention architect.

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