We're hardly into the new year and my team seems to be stuck in molasses. I don't know how they've all gotten somehow stuck in a rut and this kind of mental malaise and I feel responsible but I don't think I'm the one bringing in the grey clouds. But I MUST be doing something wrong. How do you motivate a group with eeyore syndrome?

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January is always a tough gig. I've been working for 3 decades and it doesn't ever get any better. Maybe do team drinks or an event to make it a bit better?

Sometimes all it takes is a little pick me up to break the Eeyore spell. Organize a casual team lunch, play some silly energizer games or blast some upbeat tunes in the office (at a reasonable volume). Small doses of fun can rekindle that spark of camaraderie and bust through the mental cobwebs.

I think my team is stuck in the same molasses that your team is stuck in. They have been dragging their feet all year and I don't know how to help motivate them. I do know that RTO has been really hard on many of them which doesn't help.

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