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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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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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“Safety First” Delivered in One Cohesive Program

Safety first! Companies want their employees to follow that motto, of course. Unfortunately, they rarely do. Unfamiliarity with equipment, distractions on the job, shortcuts with procedures; they all contribute to an alarming number of preventative accidents on the job. There is no debating that employee safety is a huge issue…

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Redefining the Art of Continuous Communications

Whether it’s for an employee recognition or a sales incentive program, communications set the stage for success. They foster an actionable understanding of what the program’s goals and objects are; they encourage participation, drive performance and help celebrate achievements. So what are the best practices for creating communications that serve…

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The Value of Employee Ideas

New ideas are crucial to any business that’s looking to improve its processes. Even the smallest suggestion can enhance efficiency and improve profitability. So how do successful companies go about capturing and eventually commercializing ideas held by their employees? In this month’s Performance Perspective, we explore: The value of employee…

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The Cure for Your Wellness Program

With the goal of containing runaway healthcare premiums while fostering a more productive workforce, over two-thirds of all U.S. employers offer some type of corporate wellness program. Unfortunately, many have failed to deliver meaningful results. Madison believes a cure can be had by positioning wellness as part of your total…

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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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