One of the 243 portraits · HHHML
The Warden
I run this place with firm kindness, always.
You notice someone even on your busiest day.
You keep a big household or a big ward running on rules that work, and no amount of chaos keeps you from noticing the one person who needs checking on. You stick with what works.
Dutiful · Kind · Steadfast
The five together
Warm, disciplined and steady, you run a big house or a big ward with firm kindness, keep to what works, and are never too busy to notice someone.
The Warden's result is high on Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, low on Openness and in the middle on Emotional Stability. 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
0.25% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Warden 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 Warden might recognize
- You keep a large group running on rules everyone actually trusts.
- You notice one struggling person even during your busiest shift.
A question worth keeping
When you run things by rules that work, what would make you change one that stopped working?
Six lenses
The Warden in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Warden 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 Warden.
- Extraversion lowThe Benefactor
- Extraversion mediumThe Keeper
- Agreeableness lowThe Contractor
- Agreeableness mediumThe Club President
- Conscientiousness lowThe Merrymaker
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Stalwart
- Emotional Stability lowThe Shepherd
- Emotional Stability highThe Captain
- Openness mediumThe Team Leader
- Openness highThe Principal
The traits behind The Warden
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.
- 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.
- 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 Warden
- What is the Warden personality?
- The Warden is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I run this place with firm kindness, always. Warm, disciplined and steady, you run a big house or a big ward with firm kindness, keep to what works, and are never too busy to notice someone.
- How common is The Warden?
- 0.25% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Warden 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 Warden?
- 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 Warden 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 Warden 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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The Warden: I run this place with firm kindness, always. 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.