⚠️ C Players are the #1 reason your A Players leave.

First, let us clarify the ABC classification:
• A Players — you are cheering these team members as they run ahead of you.
• B Players — you are dragging these team members behind you.
• C Players — you are carrying these team members on your shoulders.

🔷 High performers do not leave because of workload. They leave because of tolerated mediocrity.

When you keep a C Player, you are not being kind. You are signaling that standards are negotiable. And A Players do not work in negotiable environments.

🔷There is one number that predicts scalability and profitability better than almost any other KPI: the % of A Players on your team.

World-class companies operate at roughly:
85% A Players
15% B Players
0% tolerated C Players

🔷Talent discipline is not an HR process. It is a CEO decision.

Great people raise the standard. Good people maintain it. C Players lower it.
And lowering standards is a strategic decision — whether you admit it or not.
The real question is not whether you have C Players. Every company does.

💡 The real question is this:
Are you willing to protect your A Players? Or are you willing to lose them.