Felicia Knight

For most of us baby boomers, retirement doesn’t have as much to do with gold watches or rocking chairs as much as it does trips to the Gold Coast or rocking out to the latest Stones tour. We’ve worked hard. We’ve spent too many years on the wrong side of the work-life balance, and now it’s time to enjoy a little less stress and a lot more fun. Felicia Knight Instead of retiring, think of your life after the 60-hour work week as more of a realignment.

By Felicia K. Knight, Knight Canney Group If you want a perfect illustration of how easily a crisis can materialize in your organization, look no further than Monty Python’s famous skit explaining that “nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.” Just as inquisitors burst unexpectedly through the door declaring their chief weapons as, “surprise, fear and a ruthless efficiency,” so can a crisis erupt in your business with the same arsenal.

By Felicia K. Knight, The Knight Canney Group Like anything consumed by the public — such as music, clothes or cars — words and phrases also come in and out of fashion. (Can you dig it?) Courtesy / The Knight Canney Group Felicia K. Knight is president of The Knight Canney Group. Business, too, seems to generate its own kind of jargon, which blows up and out into the conversations of every tedious conference call, pixilated Zoom and yawning PowerPoint. Fifteen years ago, we all had to monetize.