As part of February’s CEO of the Month video series by LinkedIn News Australia, Mike Erlin shares his view on how to unlock your team’s full potential.
“We assume that if someone is smart and motivated, they’ll figure it out. And if they’re struggling, we can train them up, make them better,” he says.
“But I don’t think effort is often the issue. It’s actually alignment and whether what needs to be done dials in with what these people naturally do.”
Mike Erlin writes for the Institute of Managers and Leaders on why skills alone don’t explain productivity. The missing layer is capability: the capacity to consistently apply knowledge under the conditions a role actually demands. As AI accelerates work, that distinction becomes one of the defining leadership challenges of the decade.
AbilityMap co-founder and CEO Mike Erlin has published a feature article in Human Resources Director (HRD) Australia on why AI acceleration makes human capability more important, not less. The argument cuts against the grain of most AI-and-work commentary. Where the...
NOAH Intelligence examines the shift from one-off training to continuous capability systems in talent development. AbilityMap is featured as an operational example of a capability framework that measures jobs and people across multiple skill domains, creating a common language for role requirements.
AbilityMap’s Head of Growth, Dave Seligsohn, co-authored a piece with BI WORLDWIDE’s VP Learning on Capability Intelligence in hiring. The article examines why experience and interview performance are poor predictors of job success, and how measuring behavioural capabilities against role requirements produces better outcomes.
CEO Mike Erlin speaks to Dynamic Business about the hiring frustration that spanned three countries and became AbilityMap’s capability assessment platform.
As AI reshapes the workforce, Mike Erlin explores why mapping innate human capability, not just static skills, is the defining edge for future leaders.
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