Di Kamp is Chief Executive of Meta (UK) Ltd. The company specialises in helping organisations and individuals to develop excellence in management practice. Di has helped a number of organisations to enhance their performance development systems, and has trained both managers and their appraisees in how to use appraisals to enhance performance.

Sunday: Clarify the real purpose and benefits of doing appraisals, so that you can see why it's worthwhile to give time and energy to them. Monday: Learn how to formulate a meaningful and relevant appraisal, which will give the appraisee and the organisation useful information. Tuesday: Explore how to set up the appraisal process in a way that makes it easy for you and the appraisee to be well-prepared. Wednesday: Look at the attitude and approach you need as an appraiser to elicit the most useful outcomes from the appraisal interview. Thursday: Learn how to structure the review part of the appraisal interview to make it meaningful. Friday: Learn how to condut the future development part of the appraisal interview in a way that results in achievable actions. Saturday: Explore the importance of follow-through after the appraisal interview, to make it part of a whole performance development process, so that it translates into continuous improvement.