One of the 243 portraits · LHHMM
The Steward
I manage what's entrusted to me and keep my opinions close.
You put other people's interests ahead of yours.
You manage what has been entrusted to you with a steady, careful hand, and put others' interests ahead of your own. Your own opinions mostly stay private, offered only when they are actually needed.
Reliable · Considerate · Reserved
The five together
Reliable, considerate and reserved, you manage what has been entrusted to you with a steady hand, put others' interests first, and keep your own opinions to yourself.
The Steward's result is high on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, low on Extraversion and in the middle on 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 3 in 1,000 people
0.31% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Steward 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 Steward might recognize
- You keep careful track of something important that was handed to you by someone else.
- You hold back your own opinion in a meeting until someone directly asks for it.
A question worth keeping
What opinion have you been keeping to yourself that the people around you actually need to hear?
Six lenses
The Steward in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Steward 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 Steward.
- Extraversion mediumThe Coordinator
- Extraversion highThe Team Leader
- Agreeableness lowThe Auditor
- Agreeableness mediumThe Archivist
- Conscientiousness lowThe Neighbor
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Quiet Friend
- Emotional Stability lowThe Caregiver
- Emotional Stability highThe Beekeeper
- Openness lowThe Benefactor
- Openness highThe Botanist
The traits behind The Steward
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.
- 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.
- High band, above the 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 Steward
- What is the Steward personality?
- The Steward is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I manage what's entrusted to me and keep my opinions close. Reliable, considerate and reserved, you manage what has been entrusted to you with a steady hand, put others' interests first, and keep your own opinions to yourself.
- How common is The Steward?
- 0.31% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Steward 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 Steward?
- 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 Steward 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 Steward 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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