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helena
Community Manager
October 11, 2024
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Interview: How Front’s Head of Support built the company support culture

  • October 11, 2024
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Interview: How Front’s Head of Support built the company support culture

At our annual signature event, Frontlines, we hosted an industry panel of CX leaders about how they built customer-first organizations. Front’s own Head of Support, @Kenji Hayward, moderated the conversation. Kenji and I started at Front around the same time (he was my manager for many years, actually) — so I know firsthand the wealth of experience and knowledge he has.

And so, as an extension of his panel that he hosted, I wanted to ensure we get him in front of our community to talk in-depth about how he built the strong company-wide support culture here at Front, including:

  • The early days of the support team at Front
  • Mistakes made when trying to involve more of the company in providing customer support
  • How a support program was successfully formalized and embedded into the company

 

Listen to our interview below:

 

Shoutout to @PhoebeatFront @Cori @evano @jason @Luke @jessye @haley @sadie_mcdaniel @MaggieL for making appearances in the stories we shared and laughed about 😄

 

If you enjoyed this conversation, we’d love to hear your stories and tips about how you built the support culture at your company, as well. And if you have questions for Kenji on the topic, drop them below and he’ll happily chat more! 💬

 

5 replies

bskinner
Conversationalist
November 4, 2024

This is great. I’m sure i read somewhere that you are to introduce reporting functionality for ticketing. is there a timeline for this?

bskinner
Conversationalist
November 4, 2024

really sorry. the above was intended for the Ticketing update page

 

helena
helenaAuthor
Community Manager
November 4, 2024

@bskinner no worries! I’m getting more information and will answer you in the ticketing thread:

 

Product Education Lead, Front
gbarnes
Conversationalist
December 12, 2024

Support is truly a lost art. With so many automated responses, it is hard to find a community of help. Thanks to the team for all they do!

helena
helenaAuthor
Community Manager
December 12, 2024

@gbarnes Thank you for the kind words!! I’ve shared that with our team, who I’m sure will be encouraged during the pre-holiday rush! 

Product Education Lead, Front