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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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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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Planning a Corporate Retreat in the U.S.? Here’s Why South Lake Tahoe Belongs on Your List
South Lake Tahoe isn’t your typical meeting destination. Nestled where California and Nevada meet, this...

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Employee Communications: A New Angle

How critical is employee communication? Consider this: companies on the low end of the employee engagement band are also the ones who put little to no effort into it. Internal communication initiatives are vital tools for building and sustaining a culture of trust and transparency. It’s what bonds everyone —…

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How to Handle “Radioactive” Employees

With Halloween just around the corner it’s time to take stock in what’s really scary. Ghosts and goblins? Not so much. Actively disengaged employees on the other hand? Yikes! When we talk about employee engagement, we usually focus on the positive side of the scenario: increased productivity, reduced attrition and…

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9 Basic Tips for Creating a Seamless Travel Incentive Program

Designed to reward those who perform at the highest levels in your organization, travel incentive programs have a proven positive impact on engagement, motivation and employee loyalty. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to design the right program for their needs. Here are nine tips to help you to create a seamless…

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When You Have a List for Your List

Your brain is overflowing. Your boss has just given you another task to complete. You feel like your creative brain has taken a vacation, and you don’t know how you’re going to churn out the two 20 page reports you have to create this week, on top of your usual…

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It’s My Birthday, and I’ll Cry if I Want To

It’s your birthday, and you’ve just received the mandatory office birthday card. Everyone in your team (or whoever was around on that day) has signed it. Some have tried to be inventive with their good wishes; “remember last year on your birthday when we… !”, others have written the obligatory…

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Are You Looking at the Whole Picture?

Even though non-cash award budgets represent a small fraction of your total rewards portfolio, they still constitute a significant investment. It’s important that your administrative infrastructure includes both the monitoring and analytical devices you need. HR has always had a handle on its compliance responsibilities. It’s always embraced and utilized…

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Being Web-Enabled in a Mobile World

Googled anything lately? You may have noticed that the world’s leading internet-related services company has changed their logo — a modification that has symbolic significance. How so? When the company first started, people reached them from a single destination — a desktop PC. Now, visitors interact with the web across…

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Engagement From the Top Down

Some organizations think of employee engagement from the bottom up. They survey their workers, assess results and track data points. While all of that is a good way to measure the commitment of your workforce, it’s not the best way to manage it. I used the word “manage” here for…

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Self-Fulfilling “Success” Prophecies and Recognition

We have all heard about self-fulfilling prophecies — a sense or prediction that eventually becomes true because we believed it to be. A recent paper from Quantum Workplace on the Cultural Insights of Awesome Workplaces is filled with some interesting stats. One noted that more than 90% of engaged employees…

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Reinforcing Creativity in Salespeople

So who’s the most creative person in your company? Maybe it’s someone you don’t expect. Maybe, it’s one of your salespeople! Your salespeople should be among your most creative. After all, it takes fresh thinking, insight and imagination to stand out in a crowded marketplace. The most successful salespeople have…

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Ask Madison: Who’s in Charge of the Rewards and Recognition Program?
Is it HR? What type of experience should the program manager have? AskMadison looks at the skill sets needed by the employees who create and manage the program designed to spread appreciation, cheer, and goodwill to the whole organization. And it's important to note they are NOT simply "the party...
Ask Madison: How do I use recognition to set company culture?
R&R should permeate your culture to create a successful, sought-after organization. Apply your premier program in recruiting, employee growth and retention for maximum benefit "Do you celebrate and recognize your team?" This is a question that has become increasingly important to job seekers as they weigh their decisions for accepting...
Ask Madison: Can a large company successfully create a personalized employee recognition program with a small-company feel?
Enterprise-level companies and leadership can and should champion a program for their employees. Large companies must seek to eliminate red tape and simplify to make things happen. We explore how to step back and remember the benefits of a personalized R&R program that offers a small-company feel Big company characteristics...
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