The Debrief: How Elite Teams Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Achieve Excellence

By Mike Campbell

The Practice Behind Every Elite Team

The difference between good teams and elite ones isn't talent or resources. It comes down to a structured habit of honest reflection that turns every mission, project, or game into fuel for the next one.

Mike Campbell spent twenty years as a Naval Officer, aircraft carrier assistant navigator, advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Blue Angel #8 coordinating a 134-member squadron. Across every assignment, he saw the same practice at the heart of elite performance. He calls it the debrief.

The Debrief: How Elite Teams Build Trust, Navigate Change, and Achieve Excellence teaches readers how to build a foundation of trust that enables peak performance, run a debrief that creates psychological safety, develop the ten characteristics shared by elite teams, navigate major life transitions with clarity, and lead a culture of continuous improvement at work and at home.

Each chapter ends with reflection questions to put the lessons to work right away. Whether you lead an organization, coach a team, or want to grow as an individual, this book gives you a method for becoming a little better tomorrow than you were today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGYFC64G
• ISBN13: 9798887508641
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Forbes Books
• Length: 240 Pages