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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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6 Things You Need to Know About Employee Feedback

Employee feedback is the foundation of personal growth and professional development. It increase motivation, enhances performance, elevates engagement and provides the blueprint for continuous improvement. Yet, it can be one of the most misunderstood, and as a result, one of the most neglected activities within the employee-employer dynamic. Here are…

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No Rewards Program is Complete Without Charitable Gift Giving Options

The one-two punch delivered by hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused widespread devastation across Houston, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other coastal communities. In response, many companies pledged sizable donations designed to mitigate the suffering and expedite the rebuilding process. Of course, corporations were not alone. Millions of individuals also…

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Why Many Companies are Re-evaluating Their Sales Comp Tactics

The sales process, along with the supporting personnel that aid it, has changed dramatically in recent years. Thanks to an abundance of information delivered through ubiquitous web-based technologies, the salesperson’s principle function has evolved from a purveyor of information to a value-added provider and resource coordinator. Consider these three ways…

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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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Ask Madison: 6 Resolutions to Challenge the Great Resignation with Rewards & Recognition
Reward and Recognize to Retain Proactively retain your workforce and stop the Great Resignation in its tracks for 2022. We can't afford to be reactive when it comes to keeping our workforce intact. It costs too much. Our New Year Resolutions for 2022 have to be laser-focused on people. Headline...
Ask Madison: Budgeting for a Meaningful Employee Rewards and Recognition Program in Mid-Enterprise Companies
Do your research and ensure you are spending on what will be meaningful to employees. As a mid-enterprise company, you can affordably budget for a robust R&R program. Spend smartly and efficiently in a way that the program could pay for itself in savings on retaining your workforce. Did you...
Ask Madison: An Updated Guide to GDPR – understanding the effects and other privacy acts on employee data
Do individuals even notice any differences as it pertains to new privacy laws? How do employers, employees and consumers see the tangible results of the privacy policies when it comes to data? Years in the making but officially enforceable in May 2018, GDPR , or General Data Privacy Regulation, transformed...
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