This article was originally published in FierceRetail, which you can read here.

Walmart recently announced a plan for employees to communicate internal news by using Facebook’s Workplace. However, a survey by Altimeter found that only 25% of employees use their company’s social network. Historically, retailers have had a hard time trying to engage employees (even the ones sitting at computers every day) on corporate social networks, and that is even more challenging with mobile employees working…

I speak with thousands of global business leaders and employees every week, and a pervasive line of thinking has emerged: re-engaging employees is difficult, if not impossible. However, it’s simply not true. Why do the vast majority of people think this? Because traditional approaches to employee engagement do not work, yet organizations continue to cling to them. What is the most popular traditional approach to re-engage employees? Outsource the initiative to Human Resources (HR).

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Employee engagement.  It’s all the rage.  Why?  Because for the first time in decades, leaders are acknowledging the undeniable connection between engaged employees and profitable revenue growth.  According to The Economist, 87 percent of C-Suite executives now recognize that disengaged employees are among the greatest threats to their business.  On the other hand, many of the most profitable companies in the world and the companies that are growing the fastest have the highest levels of…