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The ReLEAD Toolbox is a physical kit designed to extend the impact of the ReLEAD training programme through tangible, creative, and participatory tools. Focused on visual communication, symbolic elements, and playful engagement, it invites users into a hands-on learning process and supports the application of leadership and civic skills within teams, organisations, and communities.

The toolbox serves two main purposes:

  1. Empower ReLEAD participants to continue their learning journey and lead peer-to-peer sessions in their workplaces and their communities. It acts as both a reminder of their experience and a practical tool for implementation.
  2. Promote civic learning at work more broadly. Beyond ReLEAD companies, the toolbox will be available to civic actors and organisations interested in fostering responsible leadership and civic engagement in the workplace.

It aims to foster collaboration, dialogue, engagement, and inclusion, while translating abstract civic competencies into tangible, practical experiences. Below you can find the digitalised Toolbox elements and learning materials. If you would like to receive the physical toolbox for your company or organisation, please do get in touch with us via relead@thecivics.eu.

ReLEAD Dialogue cards

A set of dialogue-inviting cards covering all four modules, each featuring a concept definition and three tiers of guiding questions (warm-up, going deeper, closing reflections). The purpose of ReLEAD dialogue cards is to create an accessible entry point into important but often difficult conversations.

Supporting elements:

  • Dialogue cards: find the whole set of dialogue card covering all four ReLEAD topics here.
  • Dialogue norms: seven rules to be agreed upon at the beginning of the Dialogue session.
  • Dialogue guidelines: a set of shared principles for engaging in constructive conversations.
  • ReLEAD soft ball: lightweight, squeezable ball branded with the ReLEAD logo. Serves as a tool for dialogue management: Only the person holding the ball speaks, helping create clarity and equal participation.

Project management canvas

The Project management canvas is a simple, hands-on planning tool that combines a printed folding canvas with optional LEGO® bricks used as physical markers. The bricks work like stackable post-it notes, helping teams visually mark priorities, explore relationships, and build plans step by step. By making thinking visible in three dimensions, the canvas supports groups in turning ideas into coherent, responsible action, without requiring prior training or complex methods.

Supporting elements: This tool consists of a fold-out, durable planning canvas and an optional set of simple LEGO® bricks. Together, they help teams clarify purpose, priorities, resources, and risks by making thinking visible and tangible. The bricks act as intuitive markers to highlight importance, show connections, and support step-by-step planning.

Future legacy compass

The Future legacy compass is a reflection and team-exploration tool designed to help participants examine current decisions from a long-term, civic perspective – considering how their choices affect the broader community, society, and public good. Through individual reflection, group mapping, and creative legacy exercises, teams explore how their decisions today shape the future impact of their organisation on employees, the community, and society. The tool encourages thoughtful discussion, collective insight, and the design of actions that contribute to a positive legacy.

Supporting elements:

  • Future legacy compass sheet (A4) with:
    • Horizontal axis label:
      • Left end: “Short-term impact – Now – 1 year”
      • Right end: “Long-term impact – 10+ years/future generations”
    • Vertical axis label:
      • Bottom: “Us – team/department”
      • Top: “Wider impact – organisation/community/society/environment”
    • Sticky notes
    • Markers
    • Guiding questions for reflection and team discussion

Conflict prevention radar

The Conflict prevention radar is a simple “team temperature” tool that helps teams quickly assess overall readiness for collaboration and identify sources of pressure, including workload, clarity, relationships, or other factors. Using a 1–10 scale, it highlights early signs of overload, confusion, or conflict, enabling teams to adjust work, communication, or support before issues escalate. Designed for everyday use, it provides a practical, visual way to monitor team well-being and guide proactive decision-making.

Supporting elements: The tool comes with a board featuring a 1–10 scale with colour zones, a printed question, and a legend explaining pressure categories (W – Workload / time, C – Clarity / information, R – Relationships / conflict, O – Other), instructions and scoring rules. Each participant receives a reusable marker, such as a pen, magnet, or token, and erasable pens to indicate their “team temperature”. For longer-term tracking, a simple log sheet lets teams record the date, average score, main reasons, and actions taken, enabling observation of trends over time.

Sustainable leadership cycle

The Sustainable leadership cycle is a team planning tool that helps teams align work with natural rhythms of energy, collaboration, delivery, and renewal. Using a circular seasonal board, teams can map patterns of momentum, strain, and recovery to plan more sustainably, adjust priorities, and balance action with recovery. Designed for annual planning, project kick-offs, or workload recalibration, it supports ongoing reflection and quarterly check-ins to maintain well-being, optimise capacity, and strengthen long-term performance.

Supporting elements: The tool includes a magnetic seasonal board and colour-coded energy stickers. Teams map their collective energy across four phases – Spring (action), Summer (delivery), Autumn (reflection), and Winter (renewal) – and indicate individual levels of physical, mental, emotional, social, and purpose energy. Stickers are reusable and writable, making it easy to track, discuss, and adjust team energy and productivity over time.

Green impact wheel

The Green impact wheel is a team tool that prompts action, reflection, or celebration around sustainability. Each spin generates short activities or month-long eco challenges across categories like green affirmations, good news, and practical environmental actions, making sustainability positive, shared, and engaging. It aims to strengthen environmental responsibility in leadership and integrate impact thinking into everyday work.

Supporting elements: The tool includes a physical spinning wheel and multiple interactive materials (including cards, stickers, QR codes, pins):

  • Affirmation cards that offer positive messages to reinforce eco-conscious behaviour
  • Good news cards that highlight evidence-based achievements and progress in environmental action
  • Eco challenge prompts that suggest short- or month-long team activities, from reducing waste to community volunteering, encouraging hands-on participation
  • Juicy green toilet post-its invite anonymous, candid reflection and creative ideas