How to engage employees
Let your employees make small decisions.
To engage your employees, you need to first empower them by allowing them to make decisions, much like a partner in your business. This could be giving certain approvals, leading small meetings or setting up sessions without asking for sign off from management.

OPTIONS:
- You can also encourage productivity by allowing each employee to choose a job or one of their projects. This way, they are able to make their own decisions.
- As a manager, you will need to present certain guidelines around this, of course. But this will enable employees to be a part of the management process, so you can make joint decisions together.
- Once each decision is made, you will make sure that you monitor it closely, so that you are not being indirectly excluded. Put your employees on a separate team at startup events or meetings.
- Allowing employees to make small, downplayed decisions may help them feel more in control of their individual workday. Observe how your employees interact with their partners.

As a manager, you will need to present certain guidelines around this, of course. But this will enable employees to be a part of the management process, so you can make joint decisions together.

A person in a black shirt gets hit by a ball. people standing on the beach

OPTIONS:
- stand up and hit a ball.
- watch the people on the beach.
- are getting out their cameras and break into a game.
- are tossing around an orange ball.

are tossing around an orange ball.

How to protect your cat from household hazards
Remove poisonous plants from your home.
There are many household hazards that can injure your cat or make her very sick. Poisonous plants are a common hazard for cats.

OPTIONS:
- Examples of poisonous plants are aloe, lilies, and eucalyptus. Cats who eat poisonous plants can suffer from a range of illnesses, such as heart problems (lily of the valley) and kidney failure (rhubarb leaves).
- If there are any one species in your home, it is important to remove the plants from the home and wear gloves when handling them. Aphids can cause severe and even deadly poisoning when exposed to harmful chemicals, such as kerosene or citrus oils.
- If you have a poisonous plant, be sure to safely remove it from your home. Poisonous plants include poison ivy, poison oak, poison cyaters, and poison lime.
- If your cat has any sick plants, remove them from her house completely. Insect hazards like wasps, roaches, cockroaches, and flies can make an adult cat very sick.

Examples of poisonous plants are aloe, lilies, and eucalyptus. Cats who eat poisonous plants can suffer from a range of illnesses, such as heart problems (lily of the valley) and kidney failure (rhubarb leaves).

How to explain a job termination on application
Be honest about what happened.
It is critical to be accurate when describing the circumstances of your job termination. For example, if you were fired, you should not say that you were laid off.

OPTIONS:
- If your prospective employer discovers that you misled them in describing your termination, it can damage your trustworthiness as a candidate and prospective employee. It is vital that what you say would be confirmed by your old employer in a reference check.
- If a company fired you because you did not do what you were told in the application, you need to explain exactly what happened. For example, if you worked in retail you haven't worked in retail for almost a year.
- Instead, you should make the most helpful factual statement and state exactly what happened with benefits. Your first paragraph should clear out what the person was supposed to say next, like " the reason the employee stayed at work is because they were laid off, " rather than " they weren't offered employment.
- Specifically, you should say something like, " the position was too challenging and i was at a disadvantage because my benefits were too low. And i didn't want to harm my professional relationship with my boss, who said she didn't want me to quit, ".
If your prospective employer discovers that you misled them in describing your termination, it can damage your trustworthiness as a candidate and prospective employee. It is vital that what you say would be confirmed by your old employer in a reference check.