Highlands Ability Battery (HAB)
Clarity through understanding your natural strengths
The Highlands Ability Battery (HAB) is a gold-standard assessment that measures your natural abilities — the talents you are born with, rather than skills learned along the way. Knowing these strengths offers a powerful foundation for making choices with greater confidence and ease, especially at times of change.
Why it matters in later life
As we move through midlife and beyond, many of us pause to ask:
How do I want to use my energy now?
What roles, projects, or contributions feel most natural to me?
Where will I feel most alive, purposeful, and at ease?
The HAB can bring fresh clarity to these questions. By uncovering your natural strengths, it helps explain why some tasks feel effortless while others drain you, and it highlights how best to use your abilities in ways that feel both rewarding and sustainable.
When it’s useful
Considering retirement or reshaping your work life
Exploring new avenues for contribution, volunteering, or study
Wondering how to make best use of your abilities now
Seeking deeper self-understanding to guide your next chapter
What it involves
Online assessment
Around three hours, completed in shorter segments at your own pace
Personalised feedback session
A one-to-one conversation with me to interpret your results and connect them to your life now
Practical insights
Clear guidance on how your natural abilities align with roles, projects, and ways of living that bring out your bes
Why clients value it
Reveals talents you may overlook or take for granted
Provides language to explain why certain activities feel energising or exhausting
Builds confidence in making aligned choices for the years ahead
Offers a framework for realigning life and work with what comes most naturally
Next step
The HAB is not a requirement for coaching, but it can be a valuable addition for those who want deeper clarity. If you’re curious, let’s discuss whether it would be useful for you as part of your later-life coaching journey.