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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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Ask Madison: How do I use recognition to set company culture?

R&R should permeate your culture to create a successful, sought-after organization. Apply your premier program in recruiting, employee growth and retention for maximum benefit “Do you celebrate and recognize your team?” This is a question that has become increasingly important to job seekers as they weigh their decisions for accepting…

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Ask Madison: Talking dollars and sense – how do I make the case for budget changes to my employee recognition program during recovery?

A budget squeeze shouldn’t necessarily lead to reducing investment in your R&R program. In fact, research suggests programs that engage employees are good for the bottom-line. Employees need to feel that leadership is genuine when potential dollar reductions are considered for R&R programs dedicated to them; what could leadership do…

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Diversity in the Workplace is Bigger Than You Think

Imagine if everyone in your company, from the CEO to controller to developer, grew up in the same town and graduated from the same college, the same year, with the same degree. Taken to such an extreme, homogeneity has obvious shortcomings, particularly if your business needs to target those with…

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Ask Madison: How do I continue to support my employees as they battle “COVID fatigue” as well as build upon the empathy and compassion our company embraced during the onset of the pandemic?

My company banded together like nothing I’ve ever seen during the COVID crisis, how do I help us keep the momentum of that mindset going? Stakeholders of employee rewards and recognitions programs tailored their recognition strategy to address the immediate needs of their employees, and have found that the importance…

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HR as the White Swan: Season 3, A Podcast Series from Madison

Hosted by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, and featuring Judd Weisgal, Senior Vice President of Madison, this series provides HR teams with the tools to navigate the current “Black Swan” event and serve as the “White Swan” leaders who turn negative energy to positive. Each podcast is a quick-listen…

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Ask Madison: CSR During a Crisis

Ask Madison : As a business, we have an established corporate social responsibility policy to help us make a positive mark on society; we also like to recognize our employees for their accomplishments. What is the best use of our resources to be able to do both during the COVID-19…

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Ask Madison: The Art of the Conference Call

How can you master the art of the video conference call to help your employees feel valued, appreciated and on track? Why is Mastering the Art of the Video Conference Call So Important? For many organizations, leadership is working tirelessly to keep operations running and, in some instances, keep doors…

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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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