Begin Within!
The Innovative Inside-Out
Approach to Career Planning

What do you want to be when you grow up?

We ask this question of children all the time, yet we quit asking it of adults after they enter the workforce. We expect people to figure it out, and assume that the profession they are in represents a conscious choice. Unfortunately, that is not usually the case.

It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are.

As adults, we tend to define ourselves through our professions. This is a dangerous proposition, considering that career statistics consistently reveal that 65–85% of American workers are dissatisfied with their jobs. Careers for Dummies suggests that most people feel they have no clear career direction. This is not surprising, considering the fact that we make the most significant choices regarding our education and profession, even our relationships, at a very young age with little practical knowledge or real-world wisdom as a frame of reference.

The Highlands Ability Battery is a gold standard state-of-the art assessment tool designed to provide that frame of reference. Based on over eighty years of research, The Highlands Ability Battery provides permanent baseline data regarding your natural abilities. Set apart from the plethora of popular preference indicators, The Highlands Ability Battery measures your natural hardwiring, which is one aspect of your life and your personality that will not change. This information is instrumental to understanding your problem-solving style, your communication and learning styles, and determining what arenas and environments are most conducive to your productivity and career satisfaction.

Conveniently accessed online or via CD, the 19 timed work samples can be taken in segments or in one 3-hour session. A comprehensive personalized report is available immediately upon submission of your results. The assessment process culminates with a 1.5–2 hour phone consultation with an experienced Highlands affiliate adept at supporting your understanding and application of your natural abilities and personal style, within the context of your current life and career goals. Participants consistently leave the Highlands experience with deep insight and renewed energy for enhancing individual and collective performance.

Taking The Highlands Ability Battery is a significant giant step in a dynamic proactive process of identifying and embracing unique gifts, talents and challenges in order to reduce stress and express who we are through what we do. Individuals gain clarity, courage and direction in their lives and careers. Organizations experience increased morale, productivity, retention and creative capacity as a result of more responsible, productive and satisfied employees.

Many national and international companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Coca Cola, Marriott and IBM have embraced The Highlands Ability Battery and Programs as pillars in their talent management and human resource and professional development planning. Locally in Research Triangle Park, GlaxoSmithKline and Cisco Systems have documented and published research data confirming increases in productivity and employee satisfaction as a result of offering The Highlands Programs on site. Some helping professionals use results from the ability battery in couple and family counseling. It is also a powerful tool for supporting students seeking higher education and/or declaring a major.

You can experience The Highlands Ability Battery at a significant discount as a participant in Finding your Fit in Life and Career, a unique personalized workshop offered June 23 at the Aqueduct Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Please visit www.Gailo.com for more details.

Our lifestyles and careers become defining statements regarding who we are and what we stand for in life. When chosen consciously within a clear structure of concrete data, our vocation becomes a true calling to express our unique gifts and talents through our personal and professional pursuits. Finding satisfying life work is challenging at best, elusive for most, and an expectation many consider unrealistic. Taking The Highlands Ability Battery is a simple, yet powerful long-term investment in your future and your capacity to define and achieve success in your life and your career.

Start your journey today!

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