The Highlands Company

The Highlands Company is a national human performance improvement firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its mission is to help individuals release their full potential in work, education and life.

The Highlands Company’s approach is built on the foundation of two proprietary intellectual properties: The Highlands Ability Battery ™(THAB) and the Whole Person Technology®.

The Highlands Ability Battery™ is an instrument that helps individuals understand their natural abilities and talents. It helps them understand how they are "hard-wired." Natural Abilities are what people are naturally good at. They are distinctly different from skills - which are defined as acquired knowledge. Natural abilities allow us to work both effectively and with tremendous satisfaction

Whole Person Technology® recognizes that individuals are far more complex than their natural abilities. By exploring their Whole Person via our methodology, participants gain greater awareness of success factors such as skills, interests, values, personal style, family of origin and more. By integrating these factors in a way that ultimately generates, or reinforces, the individual’s alignment with the organization, the individual and employer both realize powerful and lasting impact as indicated by some of the outcomes detailed in this document.

The Whole Person Technology™ Personal Vision Factors

This process is fully described in the book, Don’t Waste Your Talent, written by Bob McDonald, Ph.D. and Don Hutcheson, the founders of the program, published by Longstreet Press, 2000. This book can be used as a self-help guide as well as a useful introduction to the process for anyone considering going through the program. Contact us to order this book.

The Highlands Company is located in 80 sites around the country. Over 10,000 people have participated in its services. Highlands Program services are provided only by licensed professionals who have been trained and certified in this process.