Which type of tree are you?

You should know the answer before your next strenuous team project.

• Maple: Pretty but brittle. They grow quickly, but that pace leads them to be fragile and easily breakable when asked to bend a little.
• Willow: Pretty but shapeless. Fine when things are calm but their weak, bendy branches have no form of their own–the winds determine the shape.
• Bamboo: Flexible but also strong. Always returns to its original form, yet higher tensile strength than cold-pressed steel. Happy to bend, but doesn’t break.

Many of us fall into the Maple or Willow categories. It takes real self-awareness to know how to be the Bamboo. Which are you?