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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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What Most Companies Get Wrong About Employee Recognition Programs

The workforce has grown dramatically recently, yet many employee recognition programs have not. When a recognition program doesn’t evolve and grow with its employee base, it can suffer from lack of use or, even worse, it can demotivate employees. Here are six reasons your company’s recognition program is not serving…

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2 Reasons Why Companies Should Use Non-Cash Rewards for Bonuses

Since the tax breaks for corporations became the law, more than 88 of the top companies in the world have announced their intention to pay one-time bonuses ranging from $150 to $3,000 to each of their employees.  Across all industry groups, executives are rushing to pay their workers unexpected bonuses…

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Reward the Rewarders? It’s Easy With Maestro

How can you get your managers — the very people who will be rewarding your employees and salespeople — more involved in using reward programs? Here’s a hint: Think about rewarding them. That’s right, reward the rewarders! The promises you are making throughout your communications — that using the reward…

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9 Basic Tips for Creating a Seamless Travel Incentive Program

Designed to reward those who perform at the highest levels in your organization, travel incentive programs have a proven positive impact on engagement, motivation and employee loyalty. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to design the right program for their needs. Here are nine tips to help you to create a seamless…

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The Two Biggest Problems With Manual Programs

Done right, employee recognition has a significant impact on business results. But not all attempts succeed. In fact, some fail miserably. The question is, why? When it comes to their employee recognition initiatives, bad companies commit many transgressions, but the biggest stems from a lack of automation. Less than half…

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2 Things HR Can Do Right Now to Solidify the Company Brand

In a hyper-connected world dominated by instant feedback, a business’s brand has nowhere to hide. No matter what the product or the service your company offers, the customer’s total experience is constantly being evaluated, documented, shared and commented on by everybody and anybody. Life in the public eye is a…

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Proof That Incentive Travel is a Good Investment

October 6, 2015 | By Madison The use of incentive travel is one of the most powerful motivational devices available to you today. 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…

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We Know How to Measure Your Incentive Travel Program. Do You?

As businesses emerge from one of the most difficult economic stretches in modern history, investments in Incentive Travel are growing again. In its 2014 Trends Study, The Incentive Research Foundation found that one third of all incentive travel planners will increase their budgets in the coming year. Spending is expected…

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Proof Incentive Travel is a Good Investment

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…

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How to Manage a Multigenerational Workforce Without Managing by Stereotype 
For the first time in modern business, organizations routinely have four generations working side by side. That has created an entire category of leadership advice. Baby Boomers value loyalty. Generation X wants independence. Millennials want purpose. Generation Z wants flexibility.
Are You Rewarding Hard Work, or Just Visible Work? 
The employee who arrives early. The manager who responds to emails at 10:30 at night. The team member who never seems to miss a meeting. The high performer who steps in whenever something goes wrong. These are the people leaders notice. And often, they are the people leaders recognize.
Madison Global Appoints Gale Crosley as Independent Director
Madison Global, an employee-owned ESOP company with international reach and more than 50 years of experience in employee recognition, incentive travel, meetings and events, today announced the appointment of strategic growth advisor Gale Crosley, CPA, CGMA, as an independent director on its Board of Directors. The appointment adds an experienced outside perspective to the company's Board as Madison accelerates mid-market and enterprise expansion in its next phase of growth.
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