One of the 243 portraits · MLMHH
The Strategist
I'm already several moves past this conversation.
You are already several moves ahead.
You watch the whole board while everyone else is focused on the current move, calm and curious about how it could be redesigned. The plan stays mostly yours until it is ready.
Strategic · Detached · Imaginative
The five together
Detached, curious and unflappable, you see people as pieces on a board you are quietly redesigning, keep a working order, and rarely reveal the plan.
The Strategist's result is high on Emotional Stability and Openness, low on Agreeableness and in the middle on Extraversion and Conscientiousness. 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 4 in 1,000 people
0.41% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Strategist 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 Strategist might recognize
- You'll quietly rearrange a plan several steps ahead while others are still discussing the current one.
- You stay unreadable in a negotiation long after everyone else has shown their hand.
A question worth keeping
Who would you let in on the plan earlier, if being seen thinking did not feel like losing an advantage?
Six lenses
The Strategist in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Strategist 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 Strategist.
- Extraversion lowThe Observer
- Extraversion highThe Iconoclast
- Agreeableness mediumThe Pathfinder
- Agreeableness highThe Naturalist
- Conscientiousness lowThe Prospector
- Conscientiousness highThe Grandmaster
- Emotional Stability lowThe Truth-Teller
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Inspector
- Openness lowThe Pragmatist
- Openness mediumThe Referee
The traits behind The Strategist
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.
- Balanced band, 30th to 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 Strategist
- What is the Strategist personality?
- The Strategist 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 several moves past this conversation. Detached, curious and unflappable, you see people as pieces on a board you are quietly redesigning, keep a working order, and rarely reveal the plan.
- How common is The Strategist?
- 0.41% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Strategist 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 Strategist?
- 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 Strategist 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 Strategist 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 Strategist
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On a phone, Instagram, TikTok and More open your share sheet with the card attached, ready to post. On a computer they download the card and copy the caption, so you can upload it yourself.
The Strategist: I'm already several moves past this conversation. Which portrait are you? Find yours with Wellington.
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.