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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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Executing an “Authentic Branding” Employee Recognition Program

Our last Performance Perspectives explored the pertinent design and functional considerations for executing an effective “authentic branding” program that translates brand attributes into behaviors that individuals can relate to and act upon throughout their daily work routines. Taking that idea one step further, this edition will outline the importance of…

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Using Rewards & Recognition to Improve The Impact of Training

Why have training investments underperformed? Ask anyone associated with them and you will hear a litany of reasons. Two of the more common excuses include: participants don’t prepare before the training sessions as much as they should, or they aren’t fully engaged during delivery. And while these conditions can always…

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White Paper

Why Recognition Still Matters

Does employee retention still matter? That’s a fair question, and one that’s being asked by more than a few business leaders. In the midst of an economy that isn’t growing very much and one where U.S. unemployment levels are hovering at the 9% range—all business expenses, including those that are…

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How Recognition Helps Employee Collaboration

Today more than ever, businesses worldwide need to get people to collaborate. This edition of Performance Perspective will examine some of the biggest barriers to employee collaboration, explain why today’s managers are really “talent motivators” and outline why recognition should be part of their process.

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Press Release

Company Cultures Have Suffered During the Economic Downturn

Companies Can Not “Double Park” Their Culture and Expect It to Be There Later New York, NY. February 23, 2011 — As the economy rebounds, companies must recalibrate efforts to nurture a healthy corporate culture by recognizing employees’ contributions, according to the most recent Performance Perspective executive briefing, released by…

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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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