{"id":606,"date":"2025-11-07T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:26:54","slug":"work-gearing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/online\/people\/work-gearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Work gearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-duotone-orange\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2138\" height=\"916\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-734 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people.jpg\" style=\"object-position:67% 33%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"67% 33%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people.jpg 2138w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-1920x823.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-2048x877.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2138px) 100vw, 2138px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(255,255,255) 34%,rgba(255,255,255,0.58) 65%,rgba(255,0,0,0) 99%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-1c6a4ab4 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><nav style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1\" class=\"has-text-color has-base-color items-justified-center alignwide wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-72be065f wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"People \u2013 Level 2\"><ul style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__container has-text-color has-base-color items-justified-center alignwide wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/origin-and-culture\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Origin and Culture<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/personality\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Personality<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/work-gearing\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Work gearing<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/leadership-styles\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Leadership styles<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0;margin-right:0\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-49031cb4b1744a129271dd1611534cc4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\">Work gearing<\/h1>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cogs.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cogs-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cogs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work gearing refers to the skills you use to show up and operate within an organisation. The counterintuitive thing is that your work gearing is different from your personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work gearing can also involve mapping soft skills, identifying strengths, and understanding where people lose energy in the work they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, we think about the work people <em>love<\/em> doing \u2014 with love defined as work where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>you look forward to doing it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you get lost in the work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you look forward to going back to it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This also shows that people may be efficient at certain tasks, yet lose energy while doing them and wish they could be doing something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work gearing skills centre around big-picture thinking, creativity, helping others or inspiring collaboration, driving task completion and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-42541b500953bf59deb84c929c762413 wp-block-paragraph\">As with <a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/personality\/\">personality work<\/a>, Th1nk helps organisations map these results to understand which skills are in play, where the gaps are, and how organisations can align the work with how people are energised, in order to increase productivity in individuals and cohesion in teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide glasses is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-086dc8cf wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;aspect-ratio:auto;min-height:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"687\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1309 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/diving-mask.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-custom-orange-background-color has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c05ca53 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/team-mapping\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/diving-mask.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1309\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f0bbe49614450b2c806d9e3e1a70542d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/team-mapping\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1106\">Team mapping<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>.<\/em>..<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;aspect-ratio:auto;min-height:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"483\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1310 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/goggles-snorkeling.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-custom-orange-background-color has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c05ca53 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/team-diversity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/goggles-snorkeling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1310\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-bbe343522c01f43f16f52a38fde0e305\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/team-diversity\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1108\">Team diversity<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>.<\/em>..<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;min-height:300px;aspect-ratio:auto;min-height:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"410\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1238 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/swimming-goggles.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/swimming-goggles.png 843w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/swimming-goggles-800x389.png 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/swimming-goggles-768x374.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><span 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