Three events in the life of a company can cause massive demotivation: a major outsourcing deal, a downsizing to shrink the company, and a merger, where two companies become one. Demotivation, in turn, leads to key people checking out the job market, and productivity falls as everyone worries about the future.

How should your company stabilise the situation and start motivating staff again? Put forward your ideas, based on the theories of motivation, that could do that.