> Have I fallen into a trap? No. It's a difficult task, but not a trap. You just seem in over your head. You've got a dozen wild dogs. You cannot break all of

> Have I fallen into a trap? No. It's a difficult task, but not a trap. You just seem in over your head. You've got a dozen wild dogs. You cannot break all of them at once. No trainer on the planet could, even if you started shooting each them to try and intimidate the survivors. That's psychopathy, not leadership. They won't respect it, and will react to it aggressively. I mean this in the kindest way but you seem too reasonable to have the spine to rule through fear (it's a good thing), so unless you're prepared to replace the entire team at once, firing any of them is just going to turn everyone against you. Mass execution of inconvenient subjects isn't an option for dog trainers. So do what a dog trainer would do: Focus on isolating the one of them you think would become compliant with the least amount of trouble. Groom, coach, and bribe them to do things your way. Give them special privileges, discreetly. Do whatever it takes to turn them into an ally. You know how new restaurants hire people to stand in line so it looks busy? That's what you need to do. Nobody wants to go to an empty restaurant, nor do they want to adopt a tool or workflow nobody else is using. Since nobody's doing it, nobody wants to do it. You need a trailblazer. Getting the first one to line up is the hardest part, sets an example that "this is what we're doing now," and makes breaking the next one easier. Eventually you'll achieve critical mass, where the ones you've broken will police the rest to fall in line because the noncompliance of the holdouts inconveniences them. Once that happens, you're done-- they're doing things your way and it's too late for them to go back, so slowly dial back on the privileges and coercion or they'll take advantage of that too.