What's Your Spitfire Leader Archetype?

Curious about your what kind of Spitfire Leader you are? Dive into this quiz to discover your dominant type and how to leverage it in different environments and audiences.

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When faced with a challenge, your first instinct is to...

Rally others who share your vision to tackle it together.

Step in and fix it yourself, especially if others are struggling.

Reflect on what you’ve experienced before and figure it out quietly.

Look for the root cause and redesign the system to prevent it from happening again.

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What gives you the most energy when you work?

Advocating for a cause you believe in.

Being the go-to person in a crisis.

Time alone to process, think, and create.

Solving complex problems behind the scenes.

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How do others typically experience your leadership?

Outspoken and inspiring.

Protective and solution-oriented.

Thoughtful and quietly impactful.

Methodical and always improving things.

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Your idea of a successful day includes...

Sharing your mission and seeing others connect with it.

Fixing something that wasn’t working.

Getting uninterrupted time to build or improve something.

Finding a way to make a system more efficient.

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What frustrates you the most in a team setting?

People not aligning with shared values.

Seeing others struggle without stepping in to help.

Being forced to collaborate when you need solo time.

Resistance to changing ineffective processes.

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You get most excited when...

There's an opportunity to lead change aligned with your values.

There's a crisis and someone needs to take charge.

You have space to experiment and reflect.

You can identify and fix a hidden inefficiency.

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What feedback are you most likely to hear from others?

“You’re so passionate—it’s contagious.”

“You always show up when it matters.”

“You’re are so insightful and think of solutions no one else does.”

“You’re always improving things.”

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When communicating ideas, you tend to...

Connect and align others with your vision.

Act quickly and explain as you go.

Reflect first, then share carefully considered thoughts.

Prefer documentation and process over conversation.

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You’re most likely to thrive when...

You’re part of a mission-driven community.

You’re defending or supporting others.

You’re in a flow state trying out different options.

You’re left to quietly solve problems your way.

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If someone were to shadow you for a day, they’d likely say...

“They’re a powerful voice for what they believe in.”

“They jump in to help everyone.”

"They're creative and thoughtful."

“They got a lot more done when people left them alone."

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The Trailblazer

The Trailblazer gets activated from internal motivation, innovation, and values.

The Trailblazer expresses externally by speaking up and to others who share the same mission, vision, and values.

You’ll typically find them leading social movements or running shared activity groups.

Pros: High likelihood of sustained energy when driven by their internal mission.

Cons: Needs to be supported by others to maintain impact. Can take rejection personally.

Pro-tip: Be clear on intention and audience before proceeding. Trailblazers need to listen to others as much as they need to be heard. If the audience is in a defensive stance, no level of force or effort will create alignment. Instead, seek to understand and get curious (see The Tinkerer). What might we agree on? Where do we have common ground?

The Superhero

The Super Hero gets activated by observing and noticing injustices, wrongs, and problems to solve.

Expresses externally by swooping in and fixing, solving and speaking up for others.

Pros: Very visible and powerful. Clear on intention.

Cons: May be a lightning rod and unintended target for those that don’t see things the same way. May overstep where they are not needed.

Pro-tip: Before reacting or responding, take a breath and ask, what is really needed here? How do I bridge the gap from where we are to where we want to go? Who do I

The Tinkerer

The Tinkerer gets activated by an internal knowing. The head, heart, and gut work together in exploring intuitive hits, past experiences, and what’s most important in their core values. Tinkerers have strong introverted preferences and get recharged by spending time with themselves. The Tinkerer loves deep work.

The Tinkerer expresses internally, by making adjustments and improvements in mindset, processes, and future vision.

Pros: Extremely powerful. Gets noticed by others when they are in a state of flow.

Cons: May not be visible to those that are not tuned in or looking for the signs and signals.

Pro-Tip: Tinkerers love to work solo without interruptions, but may have blind spots around others’ experiences. If you want to create a greater impact as a leader, tap into a few trusted allies to offer feedback and insights into what you’re working on. If you want to make the most impact, imagine what having a more visible expression would create for your team, organization, and community.

The Systemizer

If there is a problem, The Systemizer will solve it. Working behind the scenes, The Systemizer is always observing and noticing gaps, breaks, and inefficiencies.

Not wanting to make a big stink, The Systemizer works independently to make the necessary changes and happily goes along their way to the next area needing help.

Pros: Loves deep work and gets energized by making things better.

Cons: May see things as problems needing to be fixed and can get frustrated if others aren’t on board. May not be getting the credit or acknowledgment they want. Can seem controlling to others.

Pro-Tip: If you have a strong pull to Systematize, bring in others to gain insights and see the impact your improvements have made. Try documenting your process and share with others so they can learn and make a larger impact with you.