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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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Tapping Into Our Desire to Acquire

Thanksgiving is upon us. It’s a time to reflect and give thanks for all that’s good in our lives. Oddly enough, it’s also become a time to acquire all of the goods we want in or lives. You can’t open a newspaper, watch TV, or tune in the radio without…

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Three Words Sum Up Non-Cash’s Utility

Businesses are always looking for an advantage. Often that comes in the way they utilize the various resources at their disposal to affect outcomes that are important to them. In just about any business model the most expensive (and most critical) business resource is compensation. It can account for a…

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How Social Recognition Raises Employee Happiness

Happy employees and enterprise profits go hand in hand. In fact, the financial divide between companies that have happy employees and those that do not can be the difference between sustained success and future failure. Think that’s exaggerated? Think again. One study measured the happiness gap at 22% noting that…

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The Connection Between Recognition, Engagement and Productivity

In my last posting I talked about the positive impact employee recognition can have on retention. I offered a collection of statistics that defined its return and quantified the material impact it has on business. In this edition, I’d like to continue that discussion by outlining the symbiotic connection between…

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Madison Expands It’s Global Ecommerce Network in Asian-Pacific Market

Award-winning leader in employee recognition increases reward network to stay ahead of industry demand New York, NY. July 26, 2017 — Madison Performance Group, a global leader in social recognition, announced today the expansion of its global rewards network in the Asia-Pacific region. As the largest global rewards provider, Madison…

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Performance Perspective

3 Ways Social Recognition Supports Organizational Teamwork

Employee teamwork is essential to business success. It influences everything from financial performance and customer satisfaction to employee engagement and productivity. However, today’s businesses are not doing enough to encourage teamwork throughout the ranks. How can companies get their employees to work together across the entire organization? In this month’s…

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Performance Perspective

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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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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The Trust Gap: Why Employees Don’t Believe AI-Driven Decisions 
The Most Dangerous Workplace Problem Isn’t Bias — It’s Doubt Organizations are investing heavily in AI to improve decision-making. Performance reviews are becoming data-driven. Promotions are increasingly modeled. Recognition is guided by systems. The goal is clear: more fairness, more consistency, better outcomes. But something unexpected is happening.
No, Gen Z Isn’t the Least Loyal Generation — They’re the Least Tolerant of Bad Culture
A stubborn myth persists in the workplace: “Gen Z is disloyal.” They change jobs quickly. They won’t put up with hardship. They are always looking for the next opportunity. But this interpretation misses the real pattern entirely. Gen Z isn’t less loyal. They are less tolerant of broken culture.
Why Gen Z Won’t Stay Without Recognition: What This Generation Gets Right About Work
There’s a narrative circulating that Gen Z is needy — that they require constant praise, validation, or hand-holding. But research reveals something quite different. Gen Z doesn’t crave praise. They crave recognition — meaningful acknowledgment tied to effort, values, and impact. And here’s the reality: Recognition is not a Gen Z preference. It’s a human requirement Gen Z is simply more honest about.
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