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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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Maintaining Engagement at Larger Companies

Engaged workforces drive everything that’s good for a business—employee retention, customer loyalty, productivity and profits. Yet, as companies grow a paradox becomes clear: Without retention strategies that evolve as the company expands, businesses will find it difficult to maintain employee engagement. In this month’s Performance Perspective, we explore: Maintaining engagement…

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The Cure for Your Wellness Program

With the goal of containing runaway healthcare premiums while fostering a more productive workforce, over two-thirds of all U.S. employers offer some type of corporate wellness program. Unfortunately, many have failed to deliver meaningful results. Madison believes a cure can be had by positioning wellness as part of your total…

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Press Release

Mike Ryan Named to HRO Today’s North American Advisory Board

Madison’s Senior VP of Client Strategy joins the Services and Technology Association New York, NY. December 3, 2015 — Madison Performance Group, a global leader in social recognition, announced today the appointment of its Senior Vice President of Client Strategy, Mike Ryan, to HRO Today’s Services and Technology Association. Ryan…

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Madison Wins Award from South African Government for Outstanding Achievement in Incentive Programs

The South African Government honored Madison’s Travel Group with a distinguished Ubuntu Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Incentive Programs.” To quote, the Hon. Derek Hanekom, South Africa’s Minister of Tourism: “In late November 2014, Madison, along with their South African DMC partner, Dragonfly Africa, managed the largest ever movement of…

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Why One Reward Currency is the New Motivational Standard

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…

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Budgeting for Employee Recognition: Practical Dos and Don’ts

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…

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Employee Engagement in The Virtual Workplace

As companies look for new ways to leverage intellectual capital across their global workforces while reducing costs, virtual work environments are rapidly being adopted. They are enabled by familiar technologies, from email and text messaging tools to sophisticated global video conferencing, all of which have replaced the old forms of…

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Managing Productivity in an Uncertain Economy

Ongoing economic uncertainty is having a profound impact on today’s workforce – particularly among younger professionals, who are filled with anxiety about layoffs, cutbacks and downsizing. Their fears of unemployment and an unstable future are fueled by the fact that today’s lingering recession is the hardest to hit the global…

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Generation X Didn’t Want to Become Indispensable. They Had To.
If Baby Boomers built careers on loyalty, Generation X built careers on self-reliance. They became the generation that quietly figured things out. They solved problems before anyone asked. They took on additional responsibility without expecting recognition. They became the people organizations trusted to handle difficult situations because, time after time, they proved they could.
Madison Global Strengthens Executive Leadership Team, Appoints Steven Trompeter as Senior Vice President of Sales for the Recognition Group
Madison Global, a worldwide leader in employee recognition, incentive travel, meetings and events, today announced that Steven Trompeter has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales for Madison Recognition. Trompeter’s addition marks another significant step in Madison’s ongoing investment in world-class leadership, coming on the heels of both the recent promotion of Judd Weisgal to Chief Sales Officer and Madison’s recognition as a top provider in the 2026 HRO Today Baker’s Dozen Awards.
Baby Boomers Didn’t Invent Work Ethic. They Redefined It.
Few generations receive more criticism in today's workplace than Baby Boomers. They are often portrayed as the generation that believes success is measured by long hours, face time, and unwavering loyalty to one employer. Younger workers sometimes dismiss these expectations as outdated relics of another era, while social media is filled with jokes about managers who equate being the last person in the office with being the hardest worker.
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