CEO Weekly Outlook

No one knows everything — and yes, that includes the CEO. The Harvard Business Review advises executives to “get good at being a novice in public.”

Meanwhile, Strategy + Business explores “the new geography of M&A” and the importance of understanding the motivations of the potential international buyers.

Business Insights:

• Why long hours backfire for people and for companies
• Tips for delivering feedback that sticks
• The fundamentals of HR may be boring — but they’re important
• Admitting you don’t know when you’re the CEO
• Tips to prioritize your high value customers
• Get inside your customers’ heads with buyer personas
• Fortune names the 100 fastest growing companies
• Is our work killing us?
• One investor plans to pressure companies to be more just
• How to handle negative feedback
• Is the annual performance review dead?

Transaction Toolbox:

• The new geography of M&A
• A CEO’s first impression matters
• Who will you get to fund your startup?
• The outlook for the global economy is bleak
• Family-owned private companies are taking advantage of the seller’s market
• Entrepreneurial baby boomers are starting to cash out

Middle Market Move of the Week

Going private is Bliss. Middle-market private equity fund Catterton is taking Steiner Leisure Ltd. — the maker of skin and hair products under Bliss and other brands, and the operator of hundreds of spas aimed at travelers — private for about $925 million in cash, including debt.

Mergers & Acquisitions reports that this is just the latest in a line of recent deals aimed at consolidating the beauty industry. Read full press release here.