The Shield
Protects people from harm with vigilance
You see threats and protect people from them. You combine risk awareness with emotional attunement, shielding those in your care. Your blind spot is missing opportunities while focused on protection.
Archetype: Ajax — Great warrior, shield of the Greeks
- Exceptional at protecting people from harm
- Combines threat awareness with emotional intelligence
- Creates safety through vigilant care
- Shields people proactively
- May over-protect, limiting growth
- Can miss opportunities while focused on threats
- Might create dependency through too much shielding
- Vision often limited to protection
You scan for threats to people and shield them. Protective vigilance is your default mode.
Excels in protective roles where threat awareness combined with people focus creates safety and security.
Alert and caring. Warns while supporting.
Assesses threats to people, acts to protect. Safety drives choices.
Can become overprotective, limiting people's growth and autonomy.
Thrives in environments where protecting people matters. Needs authority to act on threats.
You protect partners fiercely. You may need to balance protection with encouraging their independence.
You're the friend who has people's backs no matter what. You shield them from harm.
You naturally protect colleagues from threats. You're the shield of your team.
You learn through protecting others. Threat scenarios and protection strategies engage you.
You protect the vulnerable in conflicts.
- Look for growth opportunities within protection
- Partner with Opportunity-dominant thinkers for vision
- Ask "How can they grow while staying safe?"
- Balance protection with empowerment
- Ask "How can they grow while staying safe?" not just "How do I protect them?"
- Partner with visionaries who see possibilities within safety
- Practice empowering alongside protecting
- Balance vigilance with encouraging independence
Empathetic journalist who covers war zones with genuine compassion and protection
70-year reign of duty above all, never complain never explain, steady through crisis
Privacy focused, protects Apple's supply chain
Employee-focused, LGBTQ advocacy, values-driven
Executes operations flawlessly
No moonshots, incremental vs revolutionary
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