What Motivates Cracker Barrel Employees
Are you motivated by a raise in pay? How about when you are told that you have done a fantastic job? Would a promotion help? Bonuses? Vacation time? What about the corner office?
These are all great examples of external motivation that help Cracker Barrel employees stay focused and be top performers. There are also ways of developing internal motivation to help us succeed when we aren’t getting raises or vacations. Let’s face it, there are days we would rather do something else than go to work, school, or take care of other obligations. So how do we find internal motivation?
You may already have self-motivation such as personal pride, your love of the work itself, a strong work ethic, or a particular value system that helps you on a daily basis. If not, here are some tips that could help you be more “driven to succeed”:
1.
Make a contract with yourself – identify a goal (personal or professional)
that will help keep you motivated. “If I work the next 3 months I will
be able to take that vacation to Disney World.”
2. Identify steps to meet the goal that you can accomplish
daily or weekly – “I must save $50 per week to put in the vacation
fund.”
3. Use visual cues to reinforce your motivation –
Cut out pictures from a magazine to post at home or carry last year’s
Disney photos.
4. Surround yourself with positive people – stay
away from the gossiping, unmotivated, negative employees who live by the phrase,
“misery loves company.” Instead seek out those who value the same
things you do, i.e. “work hard, play hard.”
5. Reward yourself each step along the way. “You
met your goal for the week so treat your self to a movie or dinner.”
You deserve it!
There are many different ways of developing self-motivation and so it is important to find what works for you. Please call EAP at 1-800-688-6330, or email us for more information on self-motivation or how to develop it for yourself.
Suggested
Reading:
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
Contributed
by Karen Franklin, LCSW, EAP Counselor
November, 2005