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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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Don’t Let Summer Kill Your Culture of Engagement

Sometimes it’s tough for employees to stay focused on work when summer finally arrives. After months of cold temps, it’s natural for people to shift their focus from working indoors to enjoying outdoor activities. You might even notice a reduction in productivity or maybe employees start leaving earlier to get…

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What to Do When Good Brand Ambassadors Go Bad

Brand ambassadors amplify your company’s message by sharing your updates and accomplishments with friends, family and professional networks via social at every opportunity. Being invested in your vision, they embody the values of your organization and serve as the embodiment of your culture–a model for others in the company to…

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How Power Affects Performance

“Above and beyond having talented individuals, a group’s performance depends on whether its members cooperate with each other, communicate effectively, and put selfish interests aside for the good of the collective. Merely having superior talent is not enough for groups to be effective. Their members must also work together productively.”…

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How to Manage Your Micromanagers

Just about everyone, at some point in their career, has dealt with a leader who micromanages. Simply mentioning the term “micromanage” in a casual conversation can start an exchange of anecdotes and stories of executives who over managed their employees while working on major projects or even day-to-day activities. At…

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What’s Your Story? How Workplace Storytelling Impacts Culture

“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.” Robert McKee, award-winning writer & professor When you go to a company’s website and click on the obligatory “About Us” section, what are you expecting to learn? Perhaps when the company was founded, general information about their…

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Tips for Nurturing Peer-To-Peer Recognition

Consider this scenario: You’re an Executive Director at EFG Corp and you’ve been actively using your company’s social recognition technology to deliver rewards and recognition to your team of 50 people. You’ve identified your rockstar managers and have been recognizing them to show your appreciation and to inspire the rest…

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The Time is Now: Preparing for Millennial Leadership

“Many millennials want to make the world a better place, and the future of work lies in inspiring them.” Fast Company. Imagine an office where your manager glides into a conference room on a hover-board to conduct an impromptu meeting; where colleagues exchange ideas via Snapchat; where ad hoc announcements…

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The Number One Killer of a Sales Culture

An effective sales process is an orchestrated path of steps that all lead to “yes.” However, putting a sluggish salesforce on that very same path will likely lead to “no.” Why? Because this carefully coordinated course established by sales ops requires more than simply following the steps. The process is…

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Boomerang Employees: What’s Their Worth & How to Retain Them

They could be leading your department; perhaps you have one on your team; or maybe you’re one of them. We’re talking about Boomerang Employees, those who leave an organization and return to their former employer, and they’re on the rise. With retention being a top issue for HR leaders, it’s…

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When Employees Swipe Left, Companies Need to Get Recognition Right

“The number of Americans who voluntarily quit their jobs climbed to a post recession high in December, suggesting workers are confident about their employment prospects despite financial-market turmoil and a slowdown overseas.”  The Wall Street Journal. Last month, The Wall Street Journal published findings from the Labor Department’s monthly Job…

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Ask Madison: Gen-Z Leads the Way to Quiet Quitting
Gen Z is using what they know best - technology - and spreading the phenomena of Quiet Quitting all across the world through platforms such as TikTok and Twitter. Example posts range from glamorizing to achieve the bare minimum at work and setting overtime boundaries. And the trend is picking...
How Sales Operations Teams Can Provide Value to CSOS
Madison Performance Group Offers Tips for Motivating and Strategically Aligning Sales Teams for Increased Productivity and Organizational Growth Sales Ops Teams Can Help Chief Strategy Officers Juggle Short-Term Demands with Big Picture Strategies New York, NY. August 14, 2012 — As chief sales officers are tasked with balancing the long-term...
Ask Madison: Milestones At Work – What Should We Celebrate?
A plaque on the office wall may be outdated in an increasingly remote work-world. Rarely do we see 10-year and 15-year work anniversaries, given a recent average tenure of current employers at only 4.1 years in 2020. Particularly with remote work increasing, celebrations can be confusing and challenging. How do...
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