Leadership strategies you can see – so that your teams can thrive.
Team leadership isn’t about following rigid formulas – it’s about being flexible to the situation, adapting, coaching, and creating a culture where people do their best work. The TEAM Deck builds on the LEAD framework of leadership principles, profiles and practices. The TEAM Deck focuses on the essential skills of getting the best out of others. Leadership tactics come to life with insightful, and actionable tools designed to help leaders navigate the real-world challenges of managing people and teams.
Rather than reading about leadership theories and hoping they stick, the TEAM Deck makes team leadership visible. Each card provides just enough insight to spark action – whether you’re shaping team culture, coaching individuals, handling challenging situations, or refining your leadership approach.
Why the TEAM Deck Works
Tactile & Playful – Select just the cards you want to focus on, and let the tactile nature help distill leadership insights to explore different approaches.
Visual & Clear – Instead of dense theory, the TEAM Deck distills leadership into bite-sized, structured prompts that make complex dynamics easier to see, process, and apply.
Adaptable & Interactive – Leadership isn’t linear. Pick a card when you need it, use it to frame discussions, and revisit concepts whenever challenges arise.
Built for Real-World Teams – The deck isn’t just about what makes a great leader—it’s about how to lead people effectively in diverse, evolving team environments.
A Leadership Toolkit for Every Situation
Whether you’re meeting an angry parent, mentoring a team member, or tackling a staff performance issue, the TEAM Deck gives you the right question, the right strategy, and the right insight—at the right time.
This makes leadership practical, visible, and engaging, so your team can learn, grow, and succeed together.
Great teams don’t happen by accident - they’re built through thoughtful leadership, intentional culture, and meaningful conversations.
Use Culture and Coaching cards to foster collaboration and growth within your team. Tactic cards offer strategies for managing people effectively, and Inquiry cards stimulate thoughtful problem-solving reflections and discussions. Interview cards help uncover leadership styles during hiring, and Scenario cards encourage reflection on complex challenges.
Why Cards?
Each card is intentionally concise—just enough to spark ideas without unnecessary detail. The tactile format allows you to pull out exactly what you need, reorder thoughts with flexibility, and revisit key concepts through spaced repetition. Cards provide a visual anchor for ideas and can be annotated with notes, making them dynamic tools for reflection, action, and continuous learning. This deck is your practical companion for responsive and thoughtful school leadership.
The TEAM Deck is part of the broader Synnovate Suite of decks spanning teaching, leadership and governance, ensuring consistency of approach from the classroom to the boardroom.
The TEAM Deck includes:
- 36 Culture and Coaching cards to better understand the complexity of working with people and to foster effective collaboration.
- 44 Team Tactics cards which dig deeper into conscious and unconscious motivational strategies people have.
- 40 Inquiry cards to help generate insightful questions that will unpack team dynamics
- 10 Scenario cards to help practice dealing with tricky situations
- 15 Interview cards that provide really insightful questions so you can better understand people when considering them for a role in your team.
