One of the 243 portraits · LLMMM
The Sentinel
I give people exactly what they have earned.
You give people what they have earned.
You keep a careful distance until someone has proven themselves, then you extend trust in exact proportion to what they have shown you. Nothing about you is showy, your standards, your mood, your interests sit in a workable, steady middle.
Discerning · Measured · Guarded
The five together
You stand a little apart, judge before you trust, keep your standards adequate and your mood mostly even, and give people exactly as much as they have earned.
The Sentinel's result is low on Extraversion and Agreeableness and in the middle on Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability 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 1 in 100 people
1.0% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Sentinel 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 Sentinel might recognize
- You wait for evidence before you trust someone with anything that actually matters.
- Your mood stays fairly steady, so you rarely surprise the people who know you.
A question worth keeping
Is there someone you have not yet given credit for what they have actually earned?
Six lenses
The Sentinel in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Sentinel 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 Sentinel.
- Extraversion mediumThe Negotiator
- Extraversion highThe Campaigner
- Agreeableness mediumThe Confidant
- Agreeableness highThe Quiet Friend
- Conscientiousness lowThe Individualist
- Conscientiousness highThe Auditor
- Emotional Stability lowThe Critic
- Emotional Stability highThe Watchman
- Openness lowThe Gatekeeper
- Openness highThe Investigator
The traits behind The Sentinel
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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th 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.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- Balanced band, 30th to 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 Sentinel
- What is the Sentinel personality?
- The Sentinel is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I give people exactly what they have earned. You stand a little apart, judge before you trust, keep your standards adequate and your mood mostly even, and give people exactly as much as they have earned.
- How common is The Sentinel?
- 1.0% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Sentinel 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 Sentinel?
- 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 Sentinel 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 Sentinel 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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