How would you imply change in an environment in total lack of motivation and communication?

Set up a forum of employees to enable the change so that you can get an idea of what needs to be changed but using those employees to be the vocal's in helping introduce the change.

These members of staff are the communicators between the employees and management showing employees that the organisation are taking views of it's employees seriously.

1. Identify and assess gaps
2. Intensify communications flows
3. Change behavior within the company
4. Strengthen motivation
5. Training
6. Modification of operating modes
7. Encouraging employees to take responsibility
8. To make staff contribute to its own effectiveness
9. Composition of small groups
10. Skill developpement
11. Animate effectively
12. Give employees the right reasons to do their job well for themselves
13. Evaluate employees' essential needs and skills
14. Create competition
15. To improve relations between employees
16. Provide the means

Use training and development for motivation

Skills performance recognition

Put work performance goals

Celebrate holidays, set yearly get together outing

by self motivation and believe in your self that you can do it

I agree with all previous answers and i may add, job rotation and more social activities could melt some of the ice.