Maura Koutoujian is a Highlands Consultant who uses the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) in her practice as a career and wellness coach. The most compelling tools are often those that have worked for us personally. That’s the case for Maura[...]
READ MORE3 Simple Ways to Get Promoted at Work
An article by Luke DeLaVergne, founder of Thrive Consulting. Have you wondered when you will have an opportunity to promote? Or have you felt as if your potential was not being observed by the right leaders? Let me first reassure[...]
READ MORECollege Major & Career Bootcamp
Dr. Mary Feduccia, a Highlands Certified Consultant, specializes in career counseling. With many years of experience working specifically with high school and college students, including serving as the Director of Career Services at Louisiana State University for 18 years, Mary[...]
READ MOREChallenging the Theory of the Fixed Mindset
If you have a strong interest in something—say, computer programming—and start to pursue it, how do you know if it’s worth sticking with? What if you enroll in courses related to computer programming and they turn out to be more[...]
READ MOREThe HAB and Self-Discovery: Sara Daves
As the gold standard of assessing natural abilities, the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) is used all over the world in a variety of ways to help people better understand themselves and live their lives with purpose and intention. Sara Daves,[...]
READ MOREWaypoint Equips and Inspires Students to Lead
High school students have unique challenges in front of them. While still maturing and getting to know themselves, they are faced with important decisions about their futures. They’re asking themselves questions such as, “Should I go to college? If so,[...]
READ MORE“I always thought I knew what I wanted to major in. Now I’m confused.”
A high school senior and a strong student, Elizabeth had already been accepted to a prestigious university. Her father was a lawyer, making pre-law seem like an obvious and natural career path. However, she was having doubts about whether or[...]
READ MOREThe Missing Link in University Career Services
After an enjoyable career that spanned eighteen years in a Career Services program at a large university, I retired and started a private practice in career counseling and coaching. This work has allowed me to come full circle in enjoying[...]
READ MORESpatial Reasoning: Our Preference for the Tangible vs. the Intangible
Natural abilities influence almost every aspect of our lives. They influence how we interact with others, what we choose to do, what we learn how to do, and how our brain reasons things out. As we continue our series on[...]
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