When companies fail to grow, leaders are quick to point to lackluster performers. But according to Deepali Vyas, a recruiter who has interviewed more than 50,000 executives over her career, the real culprits aren’t always at the bottom of the corporate food chain (C-players), or those at the top (A-players). In her estimation, it’s the people who sit between them: the B-players.

“Most people think they’re A-players until they hear what an A-player actually is,” Vyas said in a TikTok video published last week.

Vyas, who has led executive search and talent strategy for major companies like ZRG and Korn Ferry, says she can spot a B-player in seconds, and an A-player even more quickly. She broke down the differences between the various worker types in her latest TikTok.

“A-players seek chal

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