Read Turn the ship around. You really need to understand the concept of leading from behind and empower the people working for you, so that they'll be motivate

Read Turn the ship around. You really need to understand the concept of leading from behind and empower the people working for you, so that they'll be motivated to do a good job and have enough "jurisdiction" to think with their brain and optimise the work. You don't want to work with automata you need to constantly micromanage. Give them bigger chunks of work - the things you need to solve - they need to be in charge of that, as a team. Ultimately you could give a very generic objective and let them come up with a solution. That sounds like a dream job to me. Of course in order for this to work, you need to trust your collaborators (or fire them and replace them with people you can trust). Remember Pinker's Autonomy (give autonomy), Mastery (let them get better at their craft) and Purpose (make them understand the mission). Good luck, it's a bumpy road.