If you invest the time earlier to create structure and process around communication, planning, and goal-setting, you can prevent missteps before they occur.

As a society, we're failing. In so many ways. Such high incarceration rates of underrepresented minorities ultimately means we're missing out on great potential from black and Latino communities. Yes, there's immense talent brewing even within the most impoverished neighborhoods. Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.

There are huge pain points experienced by parents. It's hard to find good child care options in one place. It's hard figure out things to do with your kids on the weekends or after school. It's hard to find iPad apps for your kids that you are confident are helping them learn vs. just being entertained.

Breaking down barriers is tough. Many companies make the mistake of dismissing diversity early on, only to realize later how foundational it is to their success or failure.

Voters go into the ballot box with big ideas in their mind: leadership, change, experience, hope.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

Leadership is by far the most important quality when it comes to making a show that's going to last and of superb quality, something classy and fun.

When we first met, I was probably six layers down in the military structure, but General McChrystal at that time was a soldier's leader, and he was part of the task force. So everyone developed close relationships.