3. Evaluate.
Now is also the time to ask hard questions:
What is going wrong?
Who is not working on the team?
Where have we lost our way?
Where are we stuck?
How did we lose our way?
What are we missing?
This is a great place to bring in some outside perspective if needed. The less you try to protect personal agendas here, the greater chance you’ll have of recovery.
4. Introduce change.
You need to try something new. Perhaps several somethings new. Now is not the time to resist doing something different.
Obviously, what you’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s the point of the post … remember.
Explore again. Be intentional and make sure the changes align with the vision, but encourage movement. Movement often spurs momentum. Especially new movement.
5. Fuel potential.
There are usually areas that are working and areas that are not. If no areas are working, you may be looking for different answers than this post can provide.
Sometimes it’s hard to discern what is working when you are clouded by what isn’t working, but you must try. (Outside perspectives can sometimes work here too.)
Often these are things the team is known for or things that are fairly new but are working. Wherever there is a spark of any kind, you must fuel it. This is the best place to spur more momentum quickly.
