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Management fundamentals

Using appraisals to develop your team

This session will benefit managers preparing to conduct appraisals and who want to engage their staff in a meaningful conversation, rather than treating it as just an annual requirement. It will also be valuable for individuals looking ahead to their own appraisal and wanting to prepare effectively and get more out of the experience this time.

Date Tuesday, 30 September 2025 14:00 PM - 15:30 PM
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What you'll learn

  • How to make annual appraisals more meaningful and effective
  • Strategies to boost engagement in the appraisal process, for both managers and appraisees
  • Key preparation tips to help both managers and staff get the most out of the conversation

Who is this webinar for?

  • NHS managers preparing to lead appraisals and wanting to make them more impactful

  • Team leaders aiming to turn appraisals into meaningful development conversations

  • Staff members who want to prepare for their own appraisal and get more value from the process
  • Anyone looking to improve confidence and clarity around the appraisal experience

Lead facilitators

Sally Vaughan

Sally started her career as an NHS General Management Trainee in 2006, gaining an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Management as part of this programme. She has worked in various operational management roles across mental health and acute services since then, mainly in London teaching hospitals. More recently she was the Associate Director for Surgery, Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, successfully leading those services through the Covid pandemic surges and elective recovery phases. Sally is a qualified coach and has training in Quality Improvement methodology.

Sally supported the opening of the Heatherwood Hospital as a state of the art orthopaedic and opthalmology elective centre at Frimley Health and increased Critical Care capacity permanently as part of the post-Covid response. Her leadership and coordination of surgical services at Frimley saw some of the first 'green pathway' elective patients treated outside of London in a Covid-safe environment against a backdrop of her Trust treating the 4th highest level of Covid patients in the country.

Sally has completed the Nye Bevan Programme and she is a MBTI Step I and Step II qualified facilitator. She also has a Post-Grad Diploma in Organisational Development Practice.

Rob Wright

Rob Wright’s niche is leadership career pathways in the NHS. He was previously Head of Executive Talent & Appointments at NHS England where he worked on CEO talent strategy, the creation of the Leadership Competency Framework and the appointments to the ICB boards.

Prior to that, as a Senior Programme Lead in the NHS Leadership Academy, he helped establish the NHS Executive Search team that supported board appointments in the NHS. He was also worked on the national Aspiring CEO programme, the Clinical Executive Fast Track, the Aspiring Director of Nursing, HR Director and Medical Director programmes and as well as the Aspire Together regional talent boards.

He has a background in search and selection and also took a time out to complete an internship with the RSPB, as an Education Officer – a position which involved encouraging school parties to explore the natural world.

What participants say

93%

of attendees agreed the presenters delivered the session effectively.

“I am new to managing appraisals, this training is excellent and has given me confidence to carry out an appraisal knowing I have the correct structure and right questions to ask. ”