It's also useful to keep bringing the conversation back to how your issue will affect the personal inter-relationships of those in the lab. The last thing you want to do with a Relator is come off pushy or aggressive. Their general interests run toward interacting with others rather than playing the loner. They will literally run out of the laboratory if caught up in some boring task, or if by chance they end up being alone. To communicate with a Socializer, remember their need for personal prestige and for acceptance.
Thinkers see themselves as efficient and place a high value on thoroughness and precision.
Their laboratory space is neat and structured. These scientists have a thoroughly analytical approach to their work, and they prefer to solve problems at a slow, cautious pace. Communication with the Thinker should take place at their slower pace, with a good deal of emphasis on showing proof. Approaching this person with ideas for changes in his or her department or project should be accompanied with facts and data about how the change would move the project along to the next step. It is difficult to find a Director scientist in a laboratory because they work so hard to get out of the lab.