This month, we'll hear summaries of three great business books: The Innovator's Prescription by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. and Jason Hwang, M.D.; Be a Shortcut by Scott G. Halford; and Crucial Conversations: by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.

Everyone wants to be an influencer. We all want to learn how to help ourselves and others change behavior. And yet, in spite of the fact that we routinely attempt to do everything from lose weight to improve quality at work, few of us have more than one or two ideas about how to exert influence. For the first time, Influencer brings together the breakthrough strategies of contemporary influence masters.

This month, we'll hear summaries of three great business books: Influencer by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler, Intellectual Property by Paul Goldstein, and Judgment by Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis.

Discover skills to resolve touchy, controversial, and complex issues at work and at home, now available in this follow-up to the internationally popular Crucial Conversations.

"Crucial" conversations are interpersonal exchanges at work or at home that we dread having but know we cannot avoid. How do you say what needs to be said while avoiding an argument with a boss, child, or relationship partner? Crucial Conversations offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged situations that can arise in their professional and personal lives.

This edition of Soundview Executive Book Summaries features condensed versions of three great business books: Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler; Ideas Are Free by Alan G. Robinson and Dean M. Schroeder; and Strategic Partnerships by Robert L. Wallace.