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MBTI
Personality Types
ISTJ
Introverted
- Sensing
- Thinking
- Judging
What Is the ISTJ Personality?
 ISTJs begin making sense of any situation by first collecting
concrete data. They want to know how much money there is in the bank
account, what the present product inventory is, when and how
often the vehicle was serviced, how many sales were made, and so on.
It is then and only then that they begin to collect and systematize
it according to accounting procedures, inventory systems,
maintenance schedules, and the like.
ISTJs are often seen in accounting, banking, law and law
enforcement, the insurance industry, and professions
that require gathering data.
Warren Buffett,
one of the world's wealthiest men,
has taken an ISTJ's approach to investments throughout his life.
He invests in things he knows, those things whose past is known
and future potential can be seen, usually of great utility.
ISTJs are skilled
at arranging and ordering data in a way that is useful to
organizations. ISTJs want to fit data and facts into clear
and established structures and systems.
ISTJs create invaluable pictures of
the trends in organizations from past to present. How well is
the organization doing this year compared to last year? What
approaches are working better or worse from previous years until
now? Their contribution allows organizations to make rational and
fact-based decisions.
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ISTJs value
independence and like to work at jobs where they can complete
work without interruption and present the results. They often
contribute to meetings with data and analysis. They see the
meeting as an opportunity to contribute the data they have
produced and expect the meeting to be focused and well run. ISTJs often appear at a meeting with
reams of data and spreadsheets under their arms that document past
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ISTJs as Team Members
Others may have lost or misfiled them. The ISTJ will usually have maintained them
carefully. The ISTJ is the person within the group with the facts.
They can be quite effective in groups where their responsibility is to
find and present the data. Because the ISTJ is most often skilled at
managing functions that are core to organizations, they are rarely
absent from a department or team. When key decisions are to be made, the ISTJ will want to know if
there is data to support the decision. ISTJs tend to be very
confident about their decisions and opinions, because they have
formulated them from data and proven experience.
 Harry S. Truman
unexpectedly became the 33rd President in 1945 when
Franklin
Roosevelt died. As an ISTJ type, the
"buck stopped here." Truman was data-driven
person. He reasoned that more people would
die without the bombing of Hiroshima,
so he made his
decision.
If the
group wants to chart a new course, they will more effectively
convince
the ISTJ if their strategy has been successful in some
organization and they
have proper supporting evidence. The ISTJ
will also most often have to be
convinced that the change will
benefit the organization. He or she will not
usually be
attracted to change for change sake.
ISTJs can have very outgoing personalities, but they
will tend to be most effective in groups they know and
trust.
In group settings
where they feel no direct involvement or responsibility, they can
seem disconnected. ISTJs may appear to be a "thorn in the flesh" to
organizational schemes that don’t fit into what the ISTJ considers
to be clear ethical norms. ISTJs sometimes see things as "black
and white," and they can thwart those types that tend to believe
that the outcome is more important than the means of getting there.
They may not be seen as "team players,"
if asked to bend rules
or interpret them in favor of the group in the face of "clear
meaning."
 John
D. Rockefeller
(1839-1937) was one of the richest of Americans.
As an ISTJ type businessman, his attention to detail and
control of data are legendary. He was
powerful and controversial, and known for
his philanthropy.
What Are ISTJ Issues and Challenges in Groups/Best Alliances?
Because the
ISTJ supports his or her whole decision-making process through the
use of data, he or she may ignore or even distrust "blue sky
discussions" where groups seek to identify possibilities and
theoretical strategies. In new situations where past data has no
application, the ISTJ can feel immobilized. He or she may reject
experimental strategies and improvisation.
They may also not be well attuned to team dynamics and may mistrust
emotion.
In cases where taking a new, untried direction, is necessary, the
ISTJ
should ally with those types who are more inclined to work on theory
and experimentation. The ISTJ will need to learn to trust the intuitive
directions of those who devise new ways of doing things. Even in this
process, the ISTJ will be valuable in measurement and in testing
assumptions. Once a way is devised to quantify and measure new
strategies, the ISTJ will be the natural person for this task.
ISTJs and The Rest of Their Lives
ISTJs, valuing and upholding systems, see society as one huge system
composed of law and social responsibility. For the ISTJ, tradition
is based on what has worked in the past and should be used to guide
our present.
They are very loyal to family and traditional institutions. ISTJs
can be "steady as a rock" as spouses and parents. They are
loyal and dutiful husbands, wives and parents. They care for the
needs of their family by taking care of their financial needs and
providing them with security. They want to uphold traditional values
by taking care of their own financial needs and maintaining security
for themselves and their families. They can be loyal even when their
spouse or children do not act responsibly. They may not understand
the need of someone they care about, but once they recognize that
need, they will try to fulfill it.
They value holidays as the marking of times that uphold the
cohesiveness of society around them. They are often the glue that
holds families, corporations, and associations together.
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