Creative Octopus, Nervous Mouse, Compassionate Sloth: What's Your Inner-Office Animal? (Infographic) Ever wondered what animal spirit best reflects your own? Check out this infographic.

By Andrea Huspeni • Jul 12, 2013

In the world of startups, young entrepreneurs and their employees come in all shapes and sizes. And personalities.

Knowing someone's personality type, or animal spirit, can help you judge how to best manage your employees -- and yourself. After all, if someone works optimally under deadline pressure, wouldn't you want to know?

To determine if you're a "manipulating fox" in the office or a "reserved owl," check out the rather unscientific (but fun) infographic below, brought to us by Online MBA Rankings. Just answer a few questions to unlock your animal spirit.

Andrea Huspeni

Founder of This Dog's Life

Andrea Huspeni is the former special projects director at Entrepreneur.com and the founder of This Dog's Life.

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