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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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Autonomy: The First Step to Cultivating an Agile Company

Speed, performance, agility — the three go hand-in-hand. The best businesses are well aware that their customers hold them to two standards, to be fast and to be good. The smartest companies have also learned that being both requires an organization that is flexible, accommodating and agile. Agility is more…

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SlideShare: How to Make Your Sales Team Perform Better

Almost half of sales professionals are not performing to plan and not contributing enough revenue to support their business’s growth goals. Why is that? What improvements should you help them focus on? This SlideShare will outline how to make your entire sales team perform better. How To Make Your Sales…

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Why Responsive Design is Responsible Design

For reward and recognition program planners, responsive web design (RWD), an approach that provides both optimal viewing and interaction with any mobile device is not just a prudent option, it’s really the only responsible choice you can make. Here are a couple of reasons why: 1. Because mobile usage is…

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Want to Manage Change Across Sales Teams? Come to My Session.

Is your company reevaluating or restructuring its go-to-market strategy? Is it changing the way sales people approach customers and position solutions? As technology progresses and market forces shift, most companies are modifying their sales methods so they can more effectively address changing consumer tastes and evolving needs. If that sounds…

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3 Ways to “Market” to Employees

Ask anyone who works in marketing and they will reiterate that the number one priority of the company’s business plan is to put the customer first. In practice that means understanding and catering to their needs and wishes, crafting an exceptional experience and measuring the real impact initiatives are having…

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Can Emotional Intelligence be learned?

What is emotional intelligence and why has it become such an important topic for companies? Essentially, EI is an individual’s innate ability to recognize and manage their emotions and to also understand how their actions influence others. Companies looking to build workplaces defined by mutual respect put a premium on…

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Looking to Win the Talent Battle? Try the “Great Boss Strategy”

The biggest priority across any c-suite is addressing the talent gap. Business leaders need to attract and retain good people in a labor marketplace that’s become insanely competitive. How focused are CEOs on that challenge? 87% of them say finding solutions that address employee retention is a “critical priority.” As…

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Making Every Day Employee “Independence” Day

Today marks Independence Day, the most symbolic national holiday in the United States. More than two centuries ago we declared our freedom as a nation and began to live as a sovereign state. Of course, the conception of an independence day is not unique to Americans. Almost every country in…

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Ask Madison: Do I blend Performance-based Pay with my Employee Recognition Program?
Is performance-based pay something that falls under an Employee Rewards and Recognition (R&R) program? Is R&R part of a performance-based pay program? How is it all tied together for the end-user (the employees)? After all, it's all coming from HR... Balancing Performance-Based Pay with Rewards and Recognition While compensation tied...
Ask Madison: Employer and Employees are Ready to Get Back on the Road
Both buyers and sellers of incentive travel programs were surveyed in the 2020 incentive Travel Industry Index (ITII) , a joint initiative of FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals), IRF (Incentive Research Foundation), and SITE Foundation (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence in association with Oxford Economics. The findings indicate we...
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...
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