Everything you need to know about a Venturer
How each Reference Profile works, collaborates, and leads
Everything you need to know about an Adapter
Everything you need to know about an Altruist
Everything you need to know about an Analyzer
Everything you need to know about an Artisan
Everything you need to know about a Captain
Everything you need to know about a Collaborator
Everything you need to know about a Controller
Everything you need to know about a Guardian
Everything you need to know about an Individualist
Everything you need to know about a Maverick
Everything you need to know about an Operator
Everything you need to know about a Persuader
Everything you need to know about a Promoter
Everything you need to know about a Scholar
Everything you need to know about a Specialist
Everything you need to know about a Strategist
Everything you need to know about a Venturer
Venturers at work

Is your Reference Profile a Venturer—or do you work with someone who is?
This course will cover everything you need to know about who a Venturer is, how they work on a team, and how they lead.
Start by checking out this intro video to understand Venturers at a high level.

Strengths
- Assertive
- Analytical
- Driving
- Goal-oriented
Working styles
- Enjoys working independently
- Values opportunities to reflect
- Craves variety and freedom from rules
Caution areas
- Can appear tough-minded
- May be overly frank
- Doesn’t like working under close supervision
- Can feel constrained by too much direction

“Venturers love to challenge the status quo. True to our name, we’re goal-oriented risk-takers that crave variety, independence, and opportunities to take on new challenges.”
— Oz Guner
Understanding the Factors
Although this course won’t require that you understand the science behind what makes these profiles accurate, you should be familiar with the four factors that drive workplace behavior. Use the interactive below to get a definition of each factor and how variations in the factors will affect someone’s personality.
Common pattern of a Venturer
Understanding the factors will allow you to better understand the common drives we see in Venturer. The image to the right is the most common pattern for Venturers, but don’t be surprised if your pattern varies a little bit. That’s OK! Remember, every person is unique.

Now that we have a better understanding of who a Venturer is, the next section will cover where one fits within a team.