The Highlands
Ability Battery
The Highlands Ability Battery is the gold-standard
among tools assessing human abilities or aptitudes.
Developed from the pioneering clinical studies
of Johnson O’Connor, it is a three-hour
objective inquiry into the abilities and ability
patterns of the individual who completes it.
 The
Battery consists of nineteen different work samples.
Each work sample is timed to measure the speed
with which the individual is able to do a particular
series of similar tasks. The individual’s
score on each work sample establishes whether
a particular task is more or less easy for that
individual. Shown together on a personal profile
and bar chart, the scores achieved by each individual
reveal patterns or “clusters” of abilities
which require analysis by a skilled interpreter.
Once these patterns or “clusters”
are understood, the individual is helped to guide
his life and work into more productive and satisfying
channels.
About Natural Abilities
Everyone is born with a range of abilities unique
to him or her. It's fair to say that these abilities
are essentially hardwired. They mature during
infancy and can be measured in most individuals
after the age of fourteen. Highlands measures
these abilities by asking the individual to perform
nineteen empirical work samples.
“If you are passionate
about a career path, follow your heart, it will
not fail you! Don’t worry if you get side
tracked temporarily because all experiences
count.”
S. Pavlovich, Dir. of Marketing
Learn more at:
www.highlandsco.com
www.highlandslifeandcareercenter.com
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The Highlands Ability Battery Whole
Person Technology
GPS Consulting Group Inc. is a licensed affiliate
and provider of The Highlands Ability Battery.
In addition to conducting individual and team-building
programs, we offer a comprehensive Personal Vision
Program through our Personal Strategic Planning
Seminar (PSPS). These assessment programs are
just some of the tools we utilize to provide feedback
on client behavioral styles, career interests,
thinking patterns, communication skills, team
building and more. All of The Highlands Ability
Battery programs can be provided for individual
assessment or as part of a team-building program.
Patterns
When people know and understand their innate
abilities, they can use them more effectively
in everything they do. Of course, no one ability
should dictate a career choice for any individual.
By measuring a range of abilities, we help the
individual to identify patterns and combinations
that will lead to a number of successful alternatives. |
Natural
Abilities - These are identified
and measured by the Highlands Ability Battery.
People are happiest and perform best when their
natural abilities are employed to the fullest.
Skills -
These are those tasks an individual has learned
to do well. They develop over time through study,
education, application and practice. To the extent
an individual takes advantage of his/her innate
abilities in developing a skill, the skill will
be developed more quickly and easily.
Personal Style
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Every individual has developed speech patterns,
body language, social devices, and personality
traits unique to him/her. Because other individuals
respond either more or less favorably to a person's
personal style, it's important to identify its
ingredients in each individual to enable that
individual to relate better to other people.
Interests -
Over the years, a person develops interests unique
to him/her. When these are identified, the individual
can be helped to combine these with his/her abilities
to achieve a fuller and more integrated use of
both. |
Family of Origin
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An individual's background and family shape his/her
life and work ethic. We encourage people to examine
and to understand how family history and intra-family
relationships have influenced them.
Values -
People's values (i.e., their scales for judging
good and evil, wise and foolish, moral and immoral)
define their reaction to people and events around
them. When a sense of values is combined with
knowledge of the other factors making up the whole
person, people are helped to bring their plans
and options into sharper focus.
Goals -
People have goals which control and drive
their activities. They may wish to modify these
goals after they learn whether the goals are compatible
with their innate abilities. They may find, for
example, that they will be happier pursuing short-term
goals instead of long-term goals.
Career Development
Stage - All individuals confront
critical stages or transitions in their lives.
Some of these are work-or career-related. These
issues are sometimes self-created and sometimes
caused by external forces (e.g., company downsizing).
By defining and discussing the issues confronting
the individual, we are able to help him/her through
periods of change and stress. |
