CEO Weekly Outlook

What did we learn about management in 2015? The Harvard Business Review has the rundown, from gender dynamics to digital readiness to getting rid of unnecessary meetings.

Plus, here are 5 productivity tools to help run your business more effectively in 2016.

Business Insights

• CFOs and CEOs are worried about 2016
• Permanent R&D tax credit a game-changer
• Leadership lessons from successful people
• What we learned about management in 2015
• The painful truth about starting a business
• 5 productivity tools for your business this year
• Only 8% of leaders are good at both strategy and execution

Transaction Toolbox

• 7 reasons to stop looking for VC money in 2016
• Valuation as a scorecard
• Startups don’t need unicorn ambitions to attract investor attention

Middle Market Move of the Week… The Riverside Company buys Euromed S.A., a provider of herbal extracts based in Barcelona.