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Are your recognition programs ready for the business challenges that await you in 2015 and beyond? Maintaining employee alignment in the face of ongoing challenges and opportunities has never been more competitive. Your recognition programs need to do more to succeed. In this month’s Performance Perspective, Mike Ryan explores: Why…
Seventy percent of all businesses have up to a half dozen different performance improvement initiatives in play at any one time. Yet, many fail to gain the optimal result from each simply because they have overlooked one simple truth: a single reward currency can have the most effect on motivation…
Employer-sponsored wellness programs are on the rise. When instituted properly they can help contain the upsurge in healthcare premiums. Depending on your company’s size those savings can amount to millions of dollars per year. Beyond the obvious cost savings, wellness offerings also reaffirm your company’s commitment to the health and…
Incentive travel has always been a powerful motivational tool for managers and business owners. Non-cash awards such as travel increase productivity, performance and overall employee engagement. In an economy that demands all investments prove their worth, you might be asking “How good of an investment is our incentive travel program…
Is your business working together to achieve its goals? If you’re like most organizations there’s work to be done in that area. Less than 10% of employees fully understand their company’s strategy or worse, their role in carrying it out. This a dangerous disconnect—one that can negatively impact performance, profitability…
Choice. The very word conjures up feelings of autonomy and independence. It connects us to a value we hold so dearly, freedom; or in this case, the freedom to choose. But when does choice—or at least the act of choosing—become more of an imposition than anything else? When do too…
How do you get a greater impact from your employee recognition and sales incentive initiatives? By understanding the role behavioral economics can play in shaping the structure of each program element. This edition of Performance Perspectives will examine how the 5 pillars of reward programs; rule structures, communications, reward offerings…
Marketing leaders are always looking to improve outcomes. In an economy that is people-driven, this represents a golden opportunity for HR to leverage the recognition programs they manage to add deeper value. But how do they begin the process? What does it sound like when they introduce the concept of…
As another year winds down, it’s a good time to take a closer look at employee recognition budgeting practices. Combining Madison’s accumulated experience on the topic with outside research; this edition of Performance Perspectives will highlight the contemporary direction of program budgeting and cost allocations. We will look at the…
Our last edition of Performance Perspectives addressed the value that forward looking sales operations teams are bringing to senior sales executives—leaders who must carefully balance the long-term goals of the enterprise against the continuous pressure of hitting revenue requirements. Contemporary Chief Sales Officers (CSO) need a strong sales ops team…
