ISTJs can often be excellent communicators or be considered among the worst due to their perceived limitations. As a Director, every day I am faced with aspects of my job that involve effective communication or failure. Facing facts and figures within the hard-nosed corporate environment presents an individual with every possible angle and level of the need for positive communication in a challenging environment. I wholeheartedly agree that ISTJ type individuals are most effective when they bring written and spoken dialogue into a calm, one-on-one format. This allows for the limitation of conflict and allows the ISTJ to focus on getting the hard facts and making the logical connection between them. Furthermore, ISTJ communication, although seen as frosty, in my experience is best when the discussion is emotionless as the introverted nature of an ISTJ leads to emotional detachment often considered negative by others causing obstacles in