Across domains, high performing teams are characterized by a cycle of pre-brief, performance, and debrief. This cycle helps to maximize performance outcomes in the performance episode at hand by preparing team members for what is to come and facilitating a shared understanding of roles, goals, and the situation. This cycle also enables teams to continuously learn from experience and consistently improve over time from one performance episode to the next. However, systematically building this routine in teams which do not already engage in it can prove challenging especially in complex domains such as healthcare. To address this challenge, this paper provides an overarching framework, process, and recommendations for building a discipline of team briefing. Specifically, in this paper, we discuss a four component approach to creating and maintaining this capacity in teams. At the core of this approach is training interventions using information, demonstration, and practice (i.e., simulation) based delivery methods to build the core knowledge, skill, and attitude competencies underlying effective prebriefs and debriefs. These methods are used to build the fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes underlying effective team briefing. However, transitioning this behavior from the relatively well-structured training environment to a less-structured work environment requires additional strategies. Consequently, structured tools such as checklists and protocols can help to scaffold or support team briefs. Additionally, systematic evaluation of team briefings and coaching are necessary to ensure that team interaction during the structured briefs is effective. In sum, this paper presents a framework for the major categories of interventions necessary to systematically build a cycle of pre-brief, performance, debrief in healthcare teams. Examples from military and civilian healthcare will be provided along with practice-based recommendations and lessons learned for implementing each strategy.