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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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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…

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How Recognition Supports Retention

All business leaders need to justify the investments they make. HR executives are no exception. With employee recognition programs generally funded at 1% (or more), it’s important to understand and be able to explain how they impact worker retention and productivity, corporate revenues, and customer loyalty. Over the next few…

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Diversity in the Workplace is Bigger Than You Think

Imagine if everyone in your company, from the CEO to controller to developer, grew up in the same town and graduated from the same college, the same year, with the same degree. Taken to such an extreme, homogeneity has obvious shortcomings, particularly if your business needs to target those with…

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7 Ways to Improve Company Culture

Company culture is an important part of any business. An attractive culture can speak volumes about your company to prospective employees and customers alike.  In fact, a company’s culture can have a significant impact on the success of the business as it can either attract or repel potential employees and customers. So how can you shape…

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How to Keep All Employees Happy When Relocating Headquarters

Many companies are completely overhauling their organizations by relocating their headquarters to popular, urban locations in an attempt to attract and retain millennials. In addition to financial benefits and considerations, taking such a drastic step can be good for an organization that wants to infuse a fresh approach and image…

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5 Ways to Boost Your Employees’ Self-Esteem and Confidence

Having employees with high self-esteem and confidence has a direct correlation with job satisfaction and performance. In fact, healthy, strong self-esteem creates employees who feel good about themselves. They are typically able to focus better, need less time off and generally get along well with coworkers. However, some workers find…

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The 4 C’s of Onboarding Best Practices

A company finds a purple squirrel and hires her immediately. But the new employee never becomes integrated with the company, and her work is never on par with what the company expected from her. What went wrong? What practices can the company change to ensure that new employees are actually…

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2 Reasons Why Companies Should Use Non-Cash Rewards for Bonuses

Since the tax breaks for corporations became the law, more than 88 of the top companies in the world have announced their intention to pay one-time bonuses ranging from $150 to $3,000 to each of their employees.  Across all industry groups, executives are rushing to pay their workers unexpected bonuses…

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Freedom’s Close Cousin: Autonomy

With the July 4th holiday coming up shortly, I thought it apropos to talk about freedom. The independence to live your life the way you want to is a founding principle upon which this great county of ours was founded. While we often think of freedom in the context of…

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Digitizing? A Social Recognition Strategy Must be Part of the Plan

One of the biggest changes within the HR function is the “digitization” of their people-related program portfolios. The goal is simple. To keep pace with the shifting life and workstyles of their employees, companies are providing mobile access and a better web-enabled experience. Why is that important? There are a…

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Generation Z Is Not Avoiding Hard Work. They Are Eliminating Unnecessary Work.
No generation has entered the workforce during a period of greater disruption than Generation Z. Every generation has adapted to economic uncertainty, changing technology, and evolving workplace expectations. Generation Z, however, began building careers during a global pandemic, the rapid expansion of remote work, unprecedented advances in artificial intelligence, and an economy changing faster than many organizations can redesign themselves.
Millennials Did Not Demand More From Work. They Demanded More From Leadership.
Few generations entered the workforce with a larger gap between what they were promised and what they experienced. Millennials were raised during a period of extraordinary optimism. They were told that education, ambition, and hard work would open doors. A college degree was presented as a reliable path to professional opportunity. Career growth seemed attainable for anyone willing to work for it.
Madison Global Appoints Agnes O’Connell as Vice President of Marketing to Advance Growth Across Recognition and Travel Groups
Madison Global, a worldwide leader in employee recognition, incentive travel, meetings and events, today announced that Agnes O’Connell has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing, leading marketing strategy across both Madison Recognition and Madison Travel as the organization continues to invest in its next phase of growth.
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