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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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Retaining Baby Boomers

Experts who examine labor market dynamics believe the retirement of Baby Boomers is setting up to be the biggest corporate brain drain of all time. Employees born between the years 1946 and 1964 represented one of the largest population swells in history. Now many have already retired, or at least…

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Tapping Into “Employee-Driven” Innovation

Fast Company recently published its list of  The 50 most Innovative Companies . Did you make the cut? Congrats if you did. Fear not if you didn’t. You can still gain an innovative edge by encouraging and recognizing employees who bring fresh ideas to the table. In fact, tapping into…

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How Social Recognition Raises Employee Happiness

Happy employees and enterprise profits go hand in hand. In fact, the financial divide between companies that have happy employees and those that do not can be the difference between sustained success and future failure. Think that’s exaggerated? Think again. One study measured the happiness gap at 22% noting that…

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Brackets Are Hard; Recognition is Easy

With March Madness heading into the Final Four most of us have given up on our brackets. Picking a champion across a sixty-four team field is not an easy task. There is, however, one consolidation. Even though brackets are hard, building a winning recognition strategy doesn’t have to be. Here…

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2 More Ways Social Recognition Can Help Bigger Companies Feel Smaller

According to a new report by Quantum Workplace , smaller organizations have increased their levels of engagement, while larger organizations have struggled to do just that. In fact, the study points out two things; that engagement levels actually decrease as company size increases and that the engagement gap between the…

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2 Things HR Can Do Right Now to Solidify the Company Brand

In a hyper-connected world dominated by instant feedback, a business’s brand has nowhere to hide. No matter what the product or the service your company offers, the customer’s total experience is constantly being evaluated, documented, shared and commented on by everybody and anybody. Life in the public eye is a…

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Supporting an HR Infrastructure is Less Complicated With Maestro

Driving employee engagement and retention, identifying and developing leaders and building extraordinary cultures are critical objectives for HR leaders everywhere. However, the avalanche of HR automation has made managing the HR infrastructure a significant challenge. How do HR leaders manage the expanding technical infrastructure that’s mushrooming within their departments? How…

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4 Ways HR Can Get Their Workforce to Embrace the Organization’s Mission

Succeeding in business demands a highly aligned workforce. While recruitment and retention initiatives will always be important, CEOs want their HR leaders to actively align employees to the organization’s strategic mission. How can HR leverage social recognition to get their workforce to embrace the organization’s vision? In this White Paper…

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Supporting the Psychological Side of Sales Success

Consistent sales attainment can be a challenge for any organization. In fact, two out of every three salespeople will probably not meet their revenue goals set for them this year. Why is consistent sales success so elusive? What are the biggest barriers to sustained sales success? In this month’s Performance…

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Ask Madison: Do rewards & recognition appeal to independent contractors?
As a leader in the space, we continue to advocate for showing appreciation to everyone that contributes to your organization — your business goals and your bottom line.  It truly can never be a bad thing to recognize hard work, and it can be a great thing when done right...
Ask Madison: Should I expand my rewards and recognition program to include contractors?
Changing the Traditional Rewards and Recognition Program The workforce is evolving and the structure of the employee population in many organizations may very likely be dramatically shifting. As we witness the rise in remote workers , we are also experiencing a change in the classification of workers that are being...
Ask Madison: How can I avoid being forgotten in a remote work world?
With many predicting that remote work models will grow dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, how will that shift impact my career path, my growth, and the dynamics of having a work-life where my efforts are recognized, which I, like many employees, miss? While numbers vary, studies suggest...
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