Exit Interviews

New York Jets Head Coach, Aaron Glenn, on why connection is at the heart of great leadership.

As a head coach, it might feel like another conversation, another request, another player or staff member popping into your office.

But don't forget that for the other person it might… pic.twitter.com/3HrQIOeIwE

— Zach Brandon (@MVP_Mindset) November 20, 2025

In the military, they call some performance evaluations, "After Action Reviews." In medicine, we had "Morbidity and Mortality" conferences or postmortem examinations. As a student, I invested a month on the Autopsy Service at Boston City Hospital. Viewing the extent of internal cancers, organ damage (e.g. cirrhosis), or multiple ruptured aortic aneurysms informs a perspective more 'real' than a textbook.  

Coach Scott Celli conducts exit interviews as another means to "take the pulse" of players and program. MVB has been fortunate to have scores of impressive young women come through the program.  

Informal "drop in" sessions can help, too. Sometimes they clarify where a player stands and what her needs are in the context of the team's. 

In the introduction to "The Leadership Moment," Michael Useem offered four questions: 

1) What went well? (about an event, season, class)

2) What went poorly? 

3) What can we do differently next time? 

4) What are the enduring lessons? 

Consider these or develop your own as you apply lessons from sport to your lives.