48 questions based on the Personality Compass Profile questionnaire
Though there are similarities between the Personality Compass and the Four Temperaments, the Personality Compass is focused more on problem-solving and interaction with others and less on tendencies like introversion and extraversion.
This emphasis shift also mixes around several temperaments' qualities, so the types don't line up as analogues from one system to another.
Each of the cardinal directions represents one personality type
- North — natural leader
- East — natural planner
- South — natural team player
- West — natural risk taker
For the most part, everyone has a dominant type. However, it will likely lean in one direction or another, creating eight sub-types: North-East, East-North, East-South, South-East, South-West, West-South, West-North, and North-West.
In some cases, a North-West might have more in common with a West-North than a North-East, even though they have the same dominant type.
The Personality Compass, A New Way to Understand People, was developed by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco in 1998.