Your team is feeling demotivated after setbacks. How can you reignite their passion for success?

Checking in with your team is the first step to picking the team back up. Meet with each person in your team individually over a coffee or informal setting and just have a conversation. Acknowledging how they are feeling will aid in being able to create a path forward.

Goal setting should be as personalised as possible. What may seem like a mountain to one person may seem like a hill to another. When setting goals for each of your team members focus on their strengths and set goals you know they can achieve without feeling overwhelmed. A renewed sense of achievement will be accessible to every team member and boost morale overall.

When your team feels demotivated after setbacks, fostering collaboration is a powerful strategy to reignite their passion. Encourage teamwork and create opportunities for individuals to support one another. Collaboration helps create a sense of unity, shared purpose, and inspiration from each other's ideas and energy. By working together, they can overcome challenges, find innovative solutions, and regain their collective motivation for success. Emphasize the value of collaboration as a key driver for achieving goals and building a resilient team.

In today's working world, consider and try everything. My biggest learning curve when my team was feeling demotivated due to setbacks was trying everything until we found the solution that worked for us. We had an office with strict hours (that only one person was going to) and employees who were in other countries trying to fit into a time zone that wasn't their own. We got rid of the office and found that being on a team's call for the day worked for us. We had the flexibility to go into coworking spaces and coffee shops, work in our hours so long as we had 4 overlapping working hours and found morale lifted once we had given each employee what they needed to thrive.

Providing support is one of the main things that will not only boost morale but company loyalty too. Support does not need to be seen in terms of training, mentorship etc it could simply be an opportunity. Often when a setback happens and your team is demotivated getting them stuck in again could be just the spoonful of sugar they needed. For example, working on a new client account, having a workshop day and getting the creative juices flowing again, and having a day out with the office.