One of the 243 portraits · MHHLH
The Artisan
I pour imagination into careful work.
You feel every review as if it were you.
You pour real imagination into work you hold to a demanding standard, refining it until it earns its place. A review of that work lands on you personally, because in a real sense it is you.
Meticulous · Imaginative · Sensitive
The five together
Kind, meticulous and sensitive, you pour imagination into careful work, hold yourself to a hard standard, and feel every review as if it were about you, because it is.
The Artisan's result is high on Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness, low on Emotional Stability and in the middle on Extraversion. Each band is wide on purpose: a score near a boundary can fall either side on a retake, and the portrait describes the pattern, not a precise point.
About 2 in 1,000 people
0.22% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Artisan is an uncommon combination.
Bands are relative to a general adult reference sample. Honesty-Humility is measured in your Snapshot and appears in your report; it is not part of the portrait.
What The Artisan might recognize
- You revise your work carefully even after most people would call it finished.
- You take criticism of your work personally, even when it is offered kindly.
A question worth keeping
Can the work be separated from you enough that a critique of it stops feeling like a critique of you?
Six lenses
The Artisan in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Artisan come with the membership.
Written for this exact combination, alongside 90 trait pages, a strengths constellation and a growth plan.
Read them in the membershipOne band away
Move a single dimension and the portrait changes. These are the ten neighbours of The Artisan.
- Extraversion lowThe Healer
- Extraversion highThe Campaign Manager
- Agreeableness lowThe Virtuoso
- Agreeableness mediumThe Editor
- Conscientiousness lowThe Sweetheart
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Visionary
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Curator
- Emotional Stability highThe Master Builder
- Openness lowThe Defender
- Openness mediumThe Organizer
The traits behind The Artisan
A portrait is a pattern across five measured dimensions. Every trait is reported as a percentile against the reference sample; the three bands and the portrait name exist to make the result easier to talk about, and the percentile is always shown alongside. Each dimension has its own page explaining what it means, what the research says it predicts, and how it can change.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Agreeableness?
How kind, trusting, and cooperative you tend to be with other people, and how much you put getting along ahead of getting your way.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Openness?
How much you enjoy new ideas, art, imagination, and experiences that are different from what you already know.
The Snapshot also measures Honesty-Humility, which appears in your report but is not part of the portrait code. How much you tell the truth, play fair, want only your fair share, and avoid showing off, even when you could get away with more.
Questions about The Artisan
- What is the Artisan personality?
- The Artisan is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I pour imagination into careful work. Kind, meticulous and sensitive, you pour imagination into careful work, hold yourself to a hard standard, and feel every review as if it were about you, because it is.
- How common is The Artisan?
- 0.22% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Artisan is an uncommon combination among the 243 portraits in the reference sample, and the share will move as the norming sample grows.
- How do I find out if I am The Artisan?
- Take the free Wellington Snapshot: 60 questions, about 7 minutes. You answer all the questions first, then you sign in with an email so your answers are saved and your results can be shown. There is no card. Your free results name your portrait and show your five dimensions.
- Is The Artisan a personality type?
- Not in the sense of a box you are sorted into. Wellington measures continuous traits and reports each as a percentile against a reference sample. The Artisan names the combination of bands your scores fall in, and a score near a band boundary can land on either side on a retake. Wellington describes ordinary variation in personality; it is not a diagnosis and is not designed for hiring. Read more about types and traits
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