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Which of the following best describes personal effectiveness at work?

Personal effectiveness means using your skills, time and resources well to achieve your objectives to a good standard. It is about results, not just activity or long hours, so completing many unimportant tasks or simply working longer does not make someone effective.

  1. ACompleting as many tasks as possible regardless of their importance
  2. BUsing one's skills, time and resources to achieve objectives efficiently and to a good standardCorrect
  3. CWorking longer hours than colleagues to show commitment

Explanation

Personal effectiveness is about achieving the right results by making good use of skills, time and resources. Simply doing more tasks or working longer hours measures activity or effort, not whether objectives are achieved.

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