The Anchor
Common enough that most groups have one, and obvious the moment a group is missing theirs.
In a room of one hundred people, eight have this pattern.
Rarity is the share of a published research sample of 300,000+ people with this pattern, not the share of illustro takers.
In brief
You are the one people check with before they change the plan.
You keep your promises, remember the details, and turn up when you said you would. People bring you their plans because they know you will make them work, and they bring you their worries because you take them seriously. You are easy to be around, and the people near you have quietly built their week on that.
The pattern
- Openness
- Low
- Conscientiousness
- High
- Extraversion
- High
- Agreeableness
- High
High and low are set against the median of the same research sample. Emotional Range is measured separately and is not part of the type.
Often described as
Dwight Eisenhower, John Wooden, and Barbara Bush are often described as Anchors.
Reputation only. Not a claim about how they would score.
Which one are you?
Thirty-six questions about how you think, connect, and decide. Sixteen possible types, and this is one of them.
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