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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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SlideShare: 6 Tips for Bridging the Gap Between Remote Employees

In 2018, 63% or about two-thirds of companies have remote workers. By 2020, more than half of the U.S. workforce will be working remotely. There are many benefits to letting your employee’s work remotely, such as employee satisfaction, reductions in attrition, increased productivity and improved overall performance. Companies can benefit…

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3 Steps to Take if Your Company Culture Has a Bad Reputation

Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin said it best: “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” A company’s bad reputation quickly casts a shadow on the positive aspects of that organization. All it takes is a couple of unfavorable…

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6 Tips for Bridging the Gap Between Remote Employees

In 2018, 63% or about two-thirds of companies have remote workers. By 2020, more than half of the U.S. workforce will be working remotely. There are many benefits to letting your employee’s work remotely, such as employee satisfaction, reductions in attrition, increased productivity and…

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Why You Should Care About Psychological Diversity

Say the phrase “workplace diversity,” and a fairly specific concept comes to mind: A group of employees composed of different genders, races and ages; one that you’d easily be able to distinguish as heterogenous just by looking at them. This is just about everyone’s top-line definition of diversity, but what…

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6 Tips for Bridging the Gap Between Remote Employees

There are many benefits to letting your employees work remotely, such as employee satisfaction, reductions in attrition, increased productivity, and improved overall performance. Companies can benefit by lessening the on-site expenses and having a larger talent pool – after all, it’s a lot more cost effective to let someone work…

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3 Ways Social Recognition Supports HR’s Expanding Role

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…

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How to Win Over Digital Natives

The makeup of the workforce is dramatically changing. In less than five years, Digital Natives will outnumber Baby Boomers. In 10 years, they will represent 70% of the talent pool. What should your company be doing now to win the attention and capture the loyalties of this group? This infographic…

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Don’t Let Bad Onboarding Processes Derail Your Talent Acquisition Goals

More than 55 percent of companies with 1,000+ employees report having a broken onboarding process. The consequences can be devastating: Talented new hires leave prematurely, which wastes both time and money. High employee turnover rates also cause lost productivity and added retraining expenses. How do today’s companies fix these points…

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The Comprehensive Benefits of Correcting Company Culture

The idea of corporate culture has become a trite, almost banal, phrase. However, that detracts from the facts: Company culture has grown in importance and is integral to developing a successful organization. Correcting your corporate culture before it’s too late can save your company time and money and help you…

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AI Can Measure Performance. It Can’t Understand It
The Data Is Getting Better — But Is the Understanding? Organizations have more performance data than ever before. productivity metrics collaboration signals output tracking behavioral analytics AI can process it all.
When Recognition Feels Automated, It Stops Working
More Recognition Isn’t Always Better. Organizations are recognizing employees more than ever. More platforms. More prompts. More visibility. On paper, it looks like progress. But employees are noticing something else: Recognition is starting to feel… automated. And when that happens, it loses its power.
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 year. They bring together distributed teams. They require significant travel budgets. They demand executive time and attention. Yet many sales meetings are remembered primarily for the venue, the dinner, or the entertainment. Few are remembered for measurable business impact.
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