Work Archetypes
The 12 work archetypes — which one are you?
Everyone works in a recognisable shape. The Work Fit IQ diagnostic sorts you into one of twelve archetypes based on how you actually operate — your autonomy, your drivers, the conditions you do your best work in. Read each one below, then take the free diagnostic to find yours.
Strategic Builder
Turns messy problems into shipped systems. Lives at the seam between strategy and execution.
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Builds the truth layer for the rest of the team. Trusts the model over the meeting.
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Pairs original taste with a clear point of view on what the work is for.
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Moves people, deals, and money. Wired for outcomes you can count by Friday.
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Multiplies other people's careers. Treats team-building as the actual product.
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Ships exact, high-quality work on time. Trusted with the things that can't be wrong.
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Goes deep in a craft until they're the person the room asks. Allergic to politics.
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Career is downstream of meaning. Will pay a salary tax to work on the right problem.
Read the archetypeSystems Optimizer
Finds the broken seam in a workflow and rebuilds it. Quietly raises the floor for everyone.
Read the archetypeVisionary Founder
Sees the world that doesn't exist yet and recruits people to build it. Bad employee, great founder.
Read the archetypeTechnical Problem Solver
Lives inside the system. The person teammates ping when nothing else works.
Read the archetypeCalm Stabilizer
The reason a team that should have fallen over didn't. Quiet, steady, dependable.
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