One of the 243 portraits · HMLHL
The Grillmaster
I did not plan this, and everyone is still fed.
You host without ever really planning it.
You throw the doors open with no real plan and feed whoever turns up on whatever is at hand. Nothing about the chaos of it bothers you, and the recipe never changes because it never needed to.
Generous · Unflappable · Traditional
The five together
Loud, relaxed and traditional, you host without planning, feed whoever turns up, stay unbothered by the chaos, and keep to the recipes everyone loves.
The Grillmaster's result is high on Extraversion and Emotional Stability, low on Conscientiousness and Openness and in the middle on Agreeableness. 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 Grillmaster 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 Grillmaster might recognize
- You can feed a yard full of unexpected guests without a written plan.
- You stay unbothered by kitchen chaos that would rattle most other hosts.
A question worth keeping
What would you gain by planning just one part of the gathering in advance.
Six lenses
The Grillmaster in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Grillmaster 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 Grillmaster.
- Extraversion lowThe Unbothered
- Extraversion mediumThe Weekender
- Agreeableness lowThe Roughneck
- Agreeableness highThe Best Friend
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Bartender
- Conscientiousness highThe Harbormaster
- Emotional Stability lowThe Party Animal
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Regular
- Openness mediumThe Life of the Party
- Openness highThe Ringmaster
The traits behind The Grillmaster
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.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th 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 Grillmaster
- What is the Grillmaster personality?
- The Grillmaster is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I did not plan this, and everyone is still fed. Loud, relaxed and traditional, you host without planning, feed whoever turns up, stay unbothered by the chaos, and keep to the recipes everyone loves.
- How common is The Grillmaster?
- 0.16% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Grillmaster 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 Grillmaster?
- 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 Grillmaster 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 Grillmaster 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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