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The Highlands Group Workshop
• Scope and Objectives of Workshop
• Defining Abilities– Personal Style– Driving Abilities– Specialized Abilities– Learning Channels
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Abilities and the Individual
• Understand your own abilities
• Learn how you take in new information
• Understand how you communicate and solve problems
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Abilities and the Group• Increase your understanding of the differences between
your abilities and the abilities of others in the group
• Leverage group talents by recognizing and utilizing ability differences and similarities
• Create a common language based on objective abilities
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• Divided into 19 worksamples, each measuring a different ability or style
• Each worksample an objective, hands-on measure resulting in a percentile ranking
• Objective results more effective than self-report or 360 feedback
• Combination and interrelation of scores builds picture of the whole individual
• Distinguishes between natural abilities and skills
The Highlands Ability Battery — Gold Standard Among Assessment Tools
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• Reliable and effective over twenty years and thousands of users
• Drawn from 75 years of continuous research beginning with Johnson O’Connor
The Highlands Ability Battery — Gold Standard Among Assessment Tools
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History of the Highlands Ability Battery
• The Johnson O’Connor clinics and the development of objective worksamples
• The Paper & Pencil Test
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History of the Highlands Ability Battery
• The Highlands CD Battery• 19 worksamples• 3-4 hours to complete• Bar Chart & Report• Technical Assistance
• Necessity of Interpretation and Feedback• Internet version now in production
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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Abilities in Perspective —The Whole Person
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The Whole Person —Eight Contributing Factors
• Abilities• Skills• Interests• Personal Style• Family• Values• Goals• Career Development Cycle
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Overview of Abilities
• Develop through infancy and mature enough to be measured by age 14
• Can be measured best through performance of worksamples
• Worksample results reveal strengths and challenges
• No one ability controls — what matters are the patterns and combinations
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Overview of Abilities
• After maturity, remain essentially stable throughout life
• Different from skills - always there regardless of neglect or disuse
• Can lead to greater satisfaction when understood and utilized
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The Combination of Elements Defining Personal Style
• Critical in assessing ideal work roles and environments
• Recognition in others leads to better team work
• Recognition in others leads to better communication skills
• The Personal Style Elements– Generalist - Specialist– Introvert - Extrovert– Time Frame Orientation
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Working with Personal Style
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Understanding Time Frame Orientation
• Illustrates that an ability is neither “good” nor “bad” but something to recognize and build on
• The time span within which an individual is most comfortable working
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Understanding Time Frame Orientation
• A high score indicates that you are able to pursue goals with limited immediate benefits but long-term rewards
• A low score indicates that you find satisfaction in completing jobs that require immediate closure or fulfillment
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Overview of the Driving Abilities
• Powerful enough to assert themselves at study and at work
• Require measurement and understanding• Form patterns which drive behavior and
response to others• Create frustration if ignored
– “Press points”
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The Five Driving Abilities
• Classification — the ability to find a relationship among seemingly unrelated objects or information, to go from the specific to the more general
• Concept Organization — the ability to arrange available facts, data and concepts in the most logical relationships among them; to go from the general to the more specific
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The Methodology of Problem Solving
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The Five Driving Abilities
• Idea Productivity — the relative ability to create a flow of ideas; measures the quantity of ideas, not the quality
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The Five Driving Abilities
• Spatial Relations Theory—the ability to conceptualize relationships among abstractions, principles and organizations; to understand how things work
• Spatial Relations Visualization—the relative ability to visualize and manipulate mentally three-dimensional objects in space, to think and solve problems in three dimensions; related to the need for tangible applications and results
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Driving Ability Combinations
• Managerial Profile• Multi-Ability Profile• Structural Generalist
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The Specialized Abilities —Musical Abilities
• Tonal Memory – the ability to remember tunes, tonal sequences and musical and linguistic content and patterns
• Rhythm Memory – the ability to remember rhythmic patterns and to learn through touch and movement
• Pitch Discrimination – the ability to recognize fine differences in pitch; indicates general sensory discrimination
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The Specialized Abilities —Musical Abilities
• In some individuals, as in great composers, these can constitute another driving ability
• These abilities combine with other non-musical abilities to create ability patterns
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The Specialized Abilities —Non-Musical Specialized Abilities
• Design Memory – the ability to visualize and recall charts, graphs and diagrams
• Observation – the ability to see and remember visual details and to detect changes and irregularities in an environment
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The Specialized Abilities —Non-Musical Specialized Abilities
• Verbal Memory – the ability to learn and remember new words and to recall what you read
• Number Memory – the ability to recall facts and numbers and to use numbers to solve problems
• Visual Speed & Accuracy – the ability to read and interpret written symbols quickly and easily
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The Specialized Abilities — Patterns
• Musical Patterns – the relationship among scores in Tonal Memory, Rhythm Memory and Pitch Discrimination; can be a sixth driving ability
• Visual Abilities – the relationship between scores in Design Memory and in Observation
• Creative Abilities – the relationship among scores in Idea Productivity, Design Memory and Pitch Discrimination
• Visual Dexterity – the relationship between scores in Visual Speed and Visual Accuracy
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The Learning Channels — A Combination of Abilities
• Design Memory – charts, diagrams, pictures, graphics
• Verbal Memory – what you read, new words and written text
• Tonal Memory – what you hear, including tunes and language
• Rhythm Memory – learning through rhythm and movement
• Number Memory – ability to recall and use facts and numbers
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Worksample in Vocabulary
• Measures scope of present knowledge and utility
• Does not measure specialized vocabularies used in specific roles
• Can be improved to increase communications skills
• Can be improved and increased by understanding and using best learning channels
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Overview of Work Types
• Defined by combining several abilities – can be combination of two-eight abilities
• Relationship between combination of abilities in one individual and most satisfying activities
• Identify your strongest types
• Key to career development
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Overview of Work Types
• Experience and training can modify types
• Knowledge of types can be applied to make job easier and more satisfying
• Knowledge of types can be applied to improve working relations with fellow workers
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Using the Highlands Four Dimensions
• Work Environment/Personal Style – What work/study environment is most satisfying for me?
• Learning – How do I take in new information most easily and effectively?
• Problem Solving/Decision Making – How do I handle these best?
• Communication – How do I communicate most effectively with others?