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Management fundamentals

Using appraisals to develop your team

Appraisals work best when they feel like an ongoing conversation, not a once-a-year form. This webinar explores practical ways to use appraisals to support development, motivation and wellbeing, helping managers and teams make better use of time they already have to invest.

Date Tuesday, 04 August 2026 15:00 PM - 16:30 PM
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What you’ll learn

  • What makes an appraisal feel useful and constructive, rather than a tick-box exercise
  • How preparation can help the conversation, including thinking about clear, realistic objectives that support development and align with wider priorities
  • How to give feedback that feels grounded in evidence and focused on next steps
  • Everyday development options you can use when formal training is limited

Who is this webinar for?

Anyone who manages staff and wants to make appraisal conversations more useful and development-focused. It’s also relevant for people preparing for their own appraisal too.

Lead facilitators

Caroline Dove

Caroline has been CEO of NHS Elect since 2003, building a team of amazing people to provide high quality, in-house support to healthcare organisations across the country, and developing leaders to enable them to deliver improved services. Caroline joined the NHS on the National Management Training Scheme and has spent her entire career working as a leader in the NHS. She worked mainly in acute hospitals in operational and strategic management, including as an Executive Director at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Caroline has a passion for supporting NHS staff in delivering better care for our patients. In the 1990s she led the operational development of the UK's first treatment centre and has supported leaders for over 20 years in learning, developing and mentoring.

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.