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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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Congratulations, You’re a New Manager! Now what?

Less than 10% of newly named managers are prepared for leadership roles. They either lack, or fail to utilize the proper people skills needed to get off to a good start.. What can new managers do right away to become a better boss? How can social recognition help? In this…

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4 Ways to Get Managers To Recognize Employees Again

Employee engagement continues to have a huge benefit on business. However, today’s companies are not capturing the emotional and intellectual commitment of workers the way they were years ago. Who or what is to blame? How do you get your managers to recognize employees again? In this month’s Performance Perspective…

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5 Cultural Characteristics of Forward-Looking Companies

A positive corporate culture engages and motivates employees and distinguishes the business in the marketplace. It supports a company’s bottom line and can account for a 30% economic advance in company performance. So how do today’s companies build the type of strong cultures that outclass and outlast all others? In…

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How Social Recognition Can Inspire a Culture of Servant Leadership

Smart companies are now embracing the concept of servant leadership. Organizations whose managers have embraced this practice have happier and more engaged employees working for them. Other organizations, however, are not yet realizing the gains to be had by adopting it fully. So what are some companies doing right that…

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From “Descriptive” Reporting to “Prescriptive” Actions

The reliance on timely and accurate information has never been more evident than it currently is within reward and recognition program management. The best-in-class operators have evolved from simply capturing data to using it to produce better results. However, many employee recognition leaders still struggle to pinpoint the connection between…

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How Changing Economic, Generational and Technical Forces are Impacting Your Recognition Results

The conditions impacting employee reward programs are constantly changing. Businesses need to stay abreast of the economic, generational and technical forces that are shaping best-in-class strategies and impacting results. Join Mike Ryan Madison’s Senior Vice President of Client Strategy and special guest Rodger Stotz, Chief Research Officer at the Incentive…

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Why “Configurability” is a Global Necessity

T​he employee recognition challenges for global companies​ can be complex. They need to provide tools that motivate and inspire employees efficiently, but they also need to understand and solve for the unique nuances (and data privacy issues) that can occur on a country-by-country basis. Still, not every system is on…

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Maintaining Engagement at Larger Companies

Engaged workforces drive everything that’s good for a business—employee retention, customer loyalty, productivity and profits. Yet, as companies grow a paradox becomes clear: Without retention strategies that evolve as the company expands, businesses will find it difficult to maintain employee engagement. In this month’s Performance Perspective, we explore: Maintaining engagement…

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How to Make Your Entire Sales Team Better

Only 55% of sales professionals produce enough revenue to meet their quotas. That means almost half are not performing to plan and not contributing enough revenue to support their business’s growth goals. Why is that? In this month’s White Paper, Mike Ryan explores: How to make your entire sales team…

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How Recognition Completes the Manager

Being a good manager has always meant keeping an eye on results in the form of employee deliverables, project timelines and other key indicators. However, being a “complete” manager also means providing the support and guidance each and every employee needs to grow. So how do you help good managers…

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Siemens STAR program, powered by Maestro, recognized by Employee Benefits Awards UK
Siemens’ employee reward and recognition program receives award for “Most Motivational Benefits” (New York, NY.January 11, 2022) — Madison, a global leader in social recognition, congratulates its long-standing partner, Siemens UK, for receiving the “Most Motivational Benefits” as part of the 2021 Employee Benefits Awards program. The award was received...
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...
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