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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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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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Madison Performance Group Launches New Corporate Website

New York, NY. January 5, 2011 — Madison Performance Group, the global leader in the field of Workforce Engagement and Sales Incentive Marketing is proud to announce the launch of its new corporate website and the adoption of its new brand which reinforces and better represents its global market leadership…

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Recognition as a Strategic Advantage

Using recognition as a strategic complement to traditional workforce engagement tactics is capturing the attention of executives across the business world. In response to this trend, The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association advancing the science of strategic talent management, and Madison Performance Group, the premier global reward…

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The Trust Gap: Why Employees Don’t Believe AI-Driven Decisions 
The Most Dangerous Workplace Problem Isn’t Bias — It’s Doubt Organizations are investing heavily in AI to improve decision-making. Performance reviews are becoming data-driven. Promotions are increasingly modeled. Recognition is guided by systems. The goal is clear: more fairness, more consistency, better outcomes. But something unexpected is happening.
No, Gen Z Isn’t the Least Loyal Generation — They’re the Least Tolerant of Bad Culture
A stubborn myth persists in the workplace: “Gen Z is disloyal.” They change jobs quickly. They won’t put up with hardship. They are always looking for the next opportunity. But this interpretation misses the real pattern entirely. Gen Z isn’t less loyal. They are less tolerant of broken culture.
Why Gen Z Won’t Stay Without Recognition: What This Generation Gets Right About Work
There’s a narrative circulating that Gen Z is needy — that they require constant praise, validation, or hand-holding. But research reveals something quite different. Gen Z doesn’t crave praise. They crave recognition — meaningful acknowledgment tied to effort, values, and impact. And here’s the reality: Recognition is not a Gen Z preference. It’s a human requirement Gen Z is simply more honest about.
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