"In my last position, I was the team lead on a project suffering major setbacks due to the client's lack of funding. One of the team members stopped pulling her weight, which was unusual. I asked if we could speak privately and politely pointed out that I noticed she had stopped contributing to the team. My coworker explained that she was discouraged and unmotivated to proceed because she felt the client did not appreciate her creativity. I explained that the client was pleased with the entire team's work, but their stakeholder stopped releasing funds, so the project was put on hold. Once I assured her that her work was appreciated, she began pulling her weight again."
