Since 1975, Madison has been a leading global employee recognition and incentive company. As a proud Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, our employee-owners are deeply committed to delivering innovative recognition programs, corporate events, and incentive travel experiences that strengthen workplace culture and drive business success.
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.


Enterprise Power. Mid-Enterprise Simplicity.

Organizations often celebrate high performers. They rely on them. They promote them. They ask more of them. But what they rarely do is protect them.

Gen Z — the most diverse, educated, and digitally fluent generation in history — is being accused of destroying work as we know it.

Work is entering a new phase — one that most organizations have already stepped into, but few have fully acknowledged. Decisions that once lived in conversations are now increasingly shaped by systems.

In a tight talent market, a robust recognition program can deliver tangible benefits to mid-market companies. The COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive shifts in the workplace and accelerated new ways of working. Today’s mid-market companies are coping with a slew of challenges, from retaining employees in “The Great Resignation” to…

As Data Privacy Regulations such as GDPR expand globally, it will have wide reaching impacts on unintended business systems and functions—even employee recognition programs The Gong Show was decades ahead of its time. Not only because the mid-‘70s American amateur talent contest was arguably the foundation for more recent megahits…

The one thing more powerful and efficient than managerial recognition is having a peer reward you for a job well done. However, over 80 percent of employees don’t think they receive enough recognition in their workplace. How do employers engage their employees through more appreciation? Is saying “thank you” often…

In a labor market that is essentially at full employment and has little to no slack, businesses are having an increasingly difficult time recruiting and retaining top talent. Finding and keeping the right people will continue to represent one of the biggest challenges facing businesses in the years to come…

Succeeding in business demands a highly aligned workforce. While recruitment and retention initiatives will always be important, CEOs want their HR leaders to actively align employees to the organization’s strategic mission. How can HR leverage social recognition to get their workforce to embrace the organization’s vision? In this White Paper…