Big 5 Personality:
Defender
Personality Tips
Tools To Use
• Accept feedback well
• Appreciate proven methods
• Compatible with many other personalities
• Don’t mind letting others be in the spotlight
• Have effective coping strategies for work stress
• High standards for self and others
• Tolerance for repetitive tasks
You appreciate commitment to established
operations and respect the value of institutional
knowledge. Productive and focused, you excel
when the priority is simply getting the job done.
• Willing to do things the way others do them
• Work at a pace that suits everyone
Room for Growth and Change
• Can be seen as too rigid at times
• Can be taken for granted because you complete tasks without objections
• Have difficulty with unexpected changes
• May underreact to urgent situations
• Not pushy and so can be overlooked
• Tend to find socially stimulating environments draining
Settings That Work For You
• Allows for extended periods of independent or small group work
• Allows individuals to deal with their own setbacks
• De-emphasizes competition among colleagues
• Encourages peer support in pursuit of goals
• Fueled by a sense of duty
• Permits telecommuting on a full or partial basis
• Prioritizes work quality
• Requires people to respond to challenges
• Structured and routine
• Supports implementing existing methods
Personality Breakdown
The dimension score is calculated from your responses to items that together measure the underlying
components of each dimension. Overall, an individual has either a High, Moderate, or Low level of each. The
dimension score is a standardized score that ranges between 1 and 10. Scores of 1-3 are Low, 4-6 Moderate,
and 7 and up are High.
Solving Problems
Openness
Delivering Results
Conscientiousness
Engaging with People
Extraversion
Influencing People
Agreeableness
Managing Pressure
Emotional Stability
Solving Problems | Openness
You appear to take a very pragmatic approach to solving problems. You are likely to use familiar, tried-andtested methods and are more comfortable working with established guidelines or principles. This will often
involve looking at problems from a practical and grounded perspective, and seeing the value in approaches that
are immediately useful. Probably your decisions will be made in the here-and-now and you will prefer to
continue with what you know already works, maybe with some fine-tuning. Your emphasis will be on the facts
or details, and decisions will probably be made on a finely observed and immediate (tactical) view of what is
possible.
Benefits
• Experience-based approach
• Keen eye for detail
• Practical thinker
• Seen as stable and predictable
• Uses tried-and-tested methods
• Works methodically
Delivering Results | Conscientiousness
You seem to be the sort of person who prefers to weigh the extent to which tasks need to be structured,
organized and planned. You are likely to be aware of the fact that at times things need to be approached
methodically; at other times, action is more important than plans. You are likely to commit to tasks when you
feel fully invested in the outcome, and it's this sense of ownership that gives you the confidence to do your best
work.
Benefits
• Balanced work style
• Committed to shared outcome
• Continually prioritises goals
• Flexible work style
• Focuses on process and task
• Wants to achieve
Engaging with People | Extraversion
You come across as someone who is comfortable in social situations, but who also knows when to withdraw for
periods of quiet reflection. You are just as likely to be found lost in thought as you are lost in conversation!
Generally, you're the kind of person who has a good idea of the amount of excitement you would like however, you can find too much 'down-time' de-motivating.
Benefits
• Energetic
• Enthusiastic
• Fun oriented
• Quick to connect
• Socially skilled
• Thinks and acts
Influencing People | Agreeableness
You describe yourself as someone who has a mature and streetwise view of other people and their views. Your
first instinct is likely to be to trust other people, but you do know that others can let you down. Thus, you are
probably able to be direct, but are also able to temper your approach with sensitivity for what will keep
relationships healthy and intact.
Benefits
• Forgiving style
• Looks for win-win outcome
• Negotiates with sensitivity
• Realistic view of others
• Recognises imperfection
• Relational style
Managing Pressure | Emotional Stability
You look as if you respond to pressure in a relaxed way but also know when to take things seriously. You seem
to be able to let minor irritations go. Your results indicate that you are someone who is generally calm, and not
the sort to dwell on things, but who is also 'on guard' at times. By and large you probably feel well able to deal
with most of what life hands you.
Benefits
• Aware of others’ emotional states
• Copes with most things
• Even tempered
• Low level of tension
• Manages feelings
• Takes onboard criticism
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