All too often, people grow up forgetting their true talents and conforming to others’ expectations. Can you remember the last time you did something purely for the sake of the joy it brought you? Not because someone else told you[...]
READ MORE
3 Steps to a Better Career
When you were a child, people would ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up. Now that you are an adult, have you stopped to imagine what you want your career to look like in 5 years?[...]
READ MORE
Where Ideas Flourish: The Ideal Environment For Solving Problems
We’ve talked before about how people approach problem-solving differently. We know from our extensive work with the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) that the driving abilities play a big role in how people intuitively tackle problems. Those who test high on[...]
READ MORE
Company Culture and Your Individual Style & Abilities
The better you know yourself, the better you can make a career selection that suits you. And when you are well-suited to a career, your chances of success are exponentially higher. In addition to knowing yourself, it’s also important to[...]
READ MORE
Are Your Employees Working Within Their Strengths? It Pays For Them to Know
We all know that in any given business or work environment, some people are more productive than others. But did you know that there is a direct connection between an employee’s productivity and how often she gets to work within[...]
READ MORE
The Four Key Dimensions of Your Natural Ability Profile
While it is important to consider each one of your natural abilities individually, it is even more important to consider the overall pattern of the way in which all of the abilities come together. The sum of your abilities create[...]
READ MORE
Highlands Whole Person Method Definitions
This is our epic list of natural ability definitions commonly used throughout the process of The Highlands Whole Person Method, which includes the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB), our career aptitude test. Analytical Thinking Analytical thinkers recognize a logical structure among related[...]
READ MORE
What Is An Ability Assessment?
An ability assessment is a way to determine roles and responsibilities that take less effort, and are enjoyable to you. More and more companies are providing ability assessments to employees, managers, and leaders to make informed decisions about how to[...]
READ MORE
Going to College? Start with Yourself!
In Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat said, "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." The opposite can be even truer: If you know where you are going, you can overcome almost any[...]
READ MORE