One of the 243 portraits · MHLHM
The Gatherer
I keep a place for people to stop.
You let life wander past and welcome it.
You keep a place, literal or otherwise, where people know they can stop and talk without an appointment. You hold no grudges, no fixed schedule, and take the day as it happens to arrive.
Welcoming · Unhurried · Grudgeless
The five together
Calm, welcoming and unhurried, you keep a place where people stop to talk, hold no grudges and no schedule, and take life as it wanders past.
The Gatherer's result is high on Agreeableness and Emotional Stability, low on Conscientiousness and in the middle on Extraversion and Openness. 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
0.16% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Gatherer 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 Gatherer might recognize
- You let people drop by without needing advance notice or a plan.
- You let go of an old disagreement well before the other person does.
A question worth keeping
With so much welcome to give and so little held onto, what do you actually want more of?
Six lenses
The Gatherer in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Gatherer 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 Gatherer.
- Extraversion lowThe Gentle Soul
- Extraversion highThe Home Cook
- Agreeableness lowThe Poker Face
- Agreeableness mediumThe Mellow One
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Peacemaker
- Conscientiousness highThe Gardener
- Emotional Stability lowThe Comforter
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Helper
- Openness lowThe Golden Retriever
- Openness highThe Idealist
The traits behind The Gatherer
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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 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 Gatherer
- What is the Gatherer personality?
- The Gatherer is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I keep a place for people to stop. Calm, welcoming and unhurried, you keep a place where people stop to talk, hold no grudges and no schedule, and take life as it wanders past.
- How common is The Gatherer?
- 0.16% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Gatherer 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 Gatherer?
- 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 Gatherer 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 Gatherer 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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Is this you, or someone you know?
The free Snapshot takes seven minutes and names your own portrait, with your five dimensions shown alongside it.