The and Game: A Leader's Playbook for the Future

By: Duncan, Ginger

The Playbook for Leaders at Every Stage Looking to Build Real AND Sustained Growth

Organizations are flatter than ever, and driving change no longer happens through authority alone; it happens through influence built across teams, functions, and levels. While we are more digitally connected than ever, genuine connection is eroding. As artificial intelligence commoditizes information and technical knowledge, the leaders who thrive won't be those who simply know the most. They'll be the ones who pair that knowledge with real human relationships: the wisdom no algorithm can replicate and the currency that moves change initiatives forward when formal authority isn't enough.

For decades, leaders have been trapped in either/or thinking: Master your craft OR build relationships, chase results OR invest in people. In her debut book, The AND Game, leadership coach and author Ginger Duncan dismantles this false choice, arguing that lasting leadership success demands both technical excellence AND genuine relational connection. Drawing on current research and real stories from leaders at all levels, The AND Game delivers practical action steps designed to make your AND Game effective and long-lasting, turning insight into habit. By abandoning either/or thinking, spotting AND opportunities, and making small shifts toward deeper connection, readers will learn to lead AND win in an entirely new way.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639082344
• ISBN13: 9781639082346
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Fast Company Press
• Length: 258 Pages