One of the 243 portraits · HMHHH
The Senator
I think in decades, and I keep my nerve.
You lead in public on a long plan.
You lead publicly on a plan built to outlast the moment, holding both your fairness and your composure through pressure that would rattle most people. You think in decades while everyone around you thinks in weeks.
Visionary · Unshakeable · Principled
The five together
Confident, unshakeable, disciplined and far-sighted, you lead in public on a long plan, keep your fairness and your nerve, and think in decades.
The Senator's result is high on Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability 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 6 in 1,000 people
0.55% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Senator is a common 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 Senator might recognize
- You can hold a public position steady through real pressure without losing your composure.
- You think about the consequence of a decision years past when most people stop looking.
A question worth keeping
What would you have to give up now for a decade-long plan that most people around you cannot see the point of yet.
Six lenses
The Senator in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Senator 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 Senator.
- Extraversion lowThe Scientist
- Extraversion mediumThe Architect
- Agreeableness lowThe Empire Builder
- Agreeableness highThe Luminary
- Conscientiousness lowThe Ringmaster
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Expedition Leader
- Emotional Stability lowThe Director
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Producer
- Openness lowThe Harbormaster
- Openness mediumThe Conductor
The traits behind The Senator
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.
- 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 Senator
- What is the Senator personality?
- The Senator is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I think in decades, and I keep my nerve. Confident, unshakeable, disciplined and far-sighted, you lead in public on a long plan, keep your fairness and your nerve, and think in decades.
- How common is The Senator?
- 0.55% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Senator is a common 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 Senator?
- 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 Senator 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 Senator 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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