Books

Former U.S. Air Force Top Gun and Weapons School instructor Robert “Cujo” Teschner translates elite fighter pilot team principles into a powerful framework for organizational success.

In Debrief to Win, he reveals how the Air Force’s proven “Debrief” process, built on trust, vulnerability, and forward-focused accountability, can transform how teams perform, communicate, and grow. Teschner emphasizes the critical distinction between “task work” and “teamwork,” showing how most organizations focus on the former while neglecting the skills that build true collaboration and psychological safety.

By ritualizing the practice of honest, blame-free debriefing, leaders can foster ownership, eliminate defensiveness, and elevate team performance to new heights.

From the boardroom to the family dinner table, Debrief to Win is the essential guide to building teams that thrive through trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Aiming Higher: A Journey Through Military Leadership brings together combat-proven senior military leaders as they share hard-earned insights from their experiences in military aviation, and how those lessons continue to shape their pursuit of excellence, growth, and purpose beyond the cockpit.

The U.S. military has long excelled at cultivating leaders capable of making life-and-death decisions with limited information and under intense pressure. At the heart of this development lies mentorship, a powerful engine of accelerated growth. True leadership maturity requires surrounding ourselves with others who share our purpose, passion, and determination. These relationships thrive on honesty, reciprocity, and the courage to exchange unfiltered feedback.

Through these mentorship circles, leaders create a space for open dialogue about what worked, what didn’t, and how each can grow through shared experience. As many transition into the corporate world, these bonds continue to serve as a foundation for truth-driven growth and accountability.

We don’t claim to have all the answers, but we are committed to becoming better every day and investing in others along the way. Personal and professional growth is not optional; it’s our responsibility. And by surrounding ourselves with those who both challenge and empower us, we unlock our highest potential.

Building Resilience: How to Move Past Fear Into Real Toughness as a Team 

Resilience. It’s something every one of us needs in a disruptive world. But it’s also something we have to be ready to achieve before the disruption hits if we want to maximize our ability to bounce back. Preparing to be resilient is part of our roadmap to success as we continue to navigate continuous disruption.

Our only challenge is figuring out how to prepare for resilience. Enter the U.S. military. According to the U.S. Army War College, militaries operate in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous battlespace. As such, they have to be prepared to be resilient, to be able to bounce back after a loss and rebuild quickly en route to victory. The U.S. military, and specifically fighter aviation, offers a roadmap to resilience success. It offers us an approach to Building Resilience.

Our five authors are all former U.S. fighter pilots. They each have compelling stories to tell. But most importantly, they each offer a roadmap to resilience that can be applied by anyone in truly any setting. Together they provide us with a flight plan for Building Resilience.