One of the 243 portraits · MLHHH
The Grandmaster
I'm already thinking several moves past this one.
You are playing several moves ahead.
You think many moves past the current one, calm and inventive about how the whole game could unfold. Skill earns your respect far faster than feeling does.
Strategic · Unflappable · Inventive
The five together
Unflappable, exacting and inventive, you think many moves ahead, respect skill over feeling, and play a long game that leaves opponents wondering when they lost.
The Grandmaster's result is high on Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness, low on Agreeableness 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 3 in 1,000 people
0.31% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Grandmaster 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 Grandmaster might recognize
- You'll set up a long game that only makes sense to other people several moves later.
- You stay unflustered through a setback that would rattle almost anyone else in the room.
A question worth keeping
What would it cost the long game to let someone in on the plan before the final move actually lands?
Six lenses
The Grandmaster in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Grandmaster 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 Grandmaster.
- Extraversion lowThe Mastermind
- Extraversion highThe Empire Builder
- Agreeableness mediumThe Architect
- Agreeableness highThe Master Builder
- Conscientiousness lowThe Prospector
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Strategist
- Emotional Stability lowThe Virtuoso
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Engineer
- Openness lowThe Sheriff
- Openness mediumThe Chief of Staff
The traits behind The Grandmaster
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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th 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.
- 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.
- 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 Grandmaster
- What is the Grandmaster personality?
- The Grandmaster is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I'm already thinking several moves past this one. Unflappable, exacting and inventive, you think many moves ahead, respect skill over feeling, and play a long game that leaves opponents wondering when they lost.
- How common is The Grandmaster?
- 0.31% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Grandmaster 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 Grandmaster?
- 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 Grandmaster 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 Grandmaster 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
Share The Grandmaster
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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.