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Madison is a global leader in employee recognition and incentives, pioneering digital programs since 1995. As an employee-owned company, we deliver recognition, events, and incentive travel solutions that strengthen culture and drive results.

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Designing Sales Meetings That Drive Business Outcomes, Not Just Attendance
Annual sales meetings often represent one of the largest internal investments an organization makes each...
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What Actually Drives a Successful Incentive Travel Program After 20 Years in the Field
Incentive travel has never been about the destination. That may sound surprising in an industry that...
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Sustainability Without Operational Discipline Is Just Messaging
Sustainability is now standard language in meetings and incentive travel. RFPs reference ESG commitments....

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Madison Named a Finalist in the 2018 BIG Awards for Business

The latest in a series of accolades for the company’s social recognition technology, Maestro New York, NY. October 18, 2018 — Madison, a global leader in social recognition, has been named a finalist in Business Intelligence Group’s 2018 BIG Awards for Business. Using a proprietary judging process scored by well-known…

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SlideShare: 6 Tips for Bridging the Gap Between Remote Employees

In 2018, 63% or about two-thirds of companies have remote workers. By 2020, more than half of the U.S. workforce will be working remotely. There are many benefits to letting your employee’s work remotely, such as employee satisfaction, reductions in attrition, increased productivity and improved overall performance. Companies can benefit…

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3 Steps to Take if Your Company Culture Has a Bad Reputation

Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin said it best: “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” A company’s bad reputation quickly casts a shadow on the positive aspects of that organization. All it takes is a couple of unfavorable…

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White Paper

4 Tips to Fostering a Peer-to-Peer Recognition Program

The one thing more powerful and efficient than managerial recognition is having a peer reward you for a job well done. However, over 80 percent of employees don’t think they receive enough recognition in their workplace. How do employers engage their employees through more appreciation? Is saying “thank you” often…

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Why “Inchstones” are the New Milestones

The days of getting an engraved watch on your 25th employee anniversary are – mercifully – a relic of a bygone era. Most of us know by now that milestones cannot be calculated in five-year increments. Your employee recognition program must be mindful of the changing needs of a multi-generational…

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The Battle for Diversity in the Workplace is Just Beginning

Companies know that employee diversity in the workplace ultimately promotes acceptance, respect and teamwork. However, these diversity efforts many not address three areas that can have a major impact on corporate culture and team success: diversity of thought, personality diversity and socioeconomic status. How can improving workforce diversity programs allow…

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5 Ways to Boost Your Employees’ Self-Esteem and Confidence

Having employees with high self-esteem and confidence has a direct correlation with job satisfaction and performance. In fact, healthy, strong self-esteem creates employees who feel good about themselves. They are typically able to focus better, need less time off and generally get along well with coworkers. However, some workers find…

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Why Diversity of Thought Should Matter to HR & Managers

A Deloitte case study on diversity of thought focused on a major airline that posted a loss of 2.8 billion Australian dollars in 2013. By 2017, that airline posted a record profit of AU $850 million and won several industry accolades. The purported secret to their historic turnaround? Diversity of…

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Why You Should Care About Psychological Diversity

Say the phrase “workplace diversity,” and a fairly specific concept comes to mind: A group of employees composed of different genders, races and ages; one that you’d easily be able to distinguish as heterogenous just by looking at them. This is just about everyone’s top-line definition of diversity, but what…

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Spot the First Domino: Early Warning Signs Your Team Is Quietly Disengaging
Most leaders wait until disengagement is obvious: declining performance, missed deadlines, or increased conflict. But by then, the damage is already done. The first domino falls long before performance metrics change. In our newest white paper, The Disengagement Domino Effect, we outline how disengagement follows a predictable pattern — and how leaders can spot it months before it becomes costly.
The Most Dangerous Cultural Shift Is the One You Don’t See
Every leader worries about burnout or turnover. But the more immediate threat isn’t the person who leaves — it’s the person who mentally checks out but continues showing up. This shift is subtle. A camera turns off. Ideas dry up. A once-energized employee becomes emotionally muted. And at first, nothing seems wrong.
Let Your Recognition Program Do the Talking: Spotting Your Top Performers vs Your Average Performers
A well-run recognition program does more than boost morale—it provides actionable insights. Over time, patterns emerge, painting a clear picture of who consistently hits benchmarks and drives results, and who might be flying under the radar. When recognition is visible, consistent, and tied to meaningful behaviors, it becomes a powerful tool, not just a reward system...
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