--- title: Support Your Team's Development Plans (Supervisors) description: A supervisor's guide to viewing, coaching from and endorsing development plans in Acorn's Team development view. image: https://help.acorn.works/hubfs/acorn-meta-preview.png --- [Skip to content](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/support-your-teams-development-plans#main-content) English - Australia Show submenu for translations [Contact Us](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en-au) [Customer Portal](https://support.acorn.works/tickets?hsLang=en-au) [![AcornLogo\_Horizontal\_FullColourWhite\_1000px](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/AcornLogo_Horizontal_FullColourWhite_1000px.png?width=200&height=45&name=AcornLogo_Horizontal_FullColourWhite_1000px.png)](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre?hsLang=en-au) - [Help Articles](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/help-articles) - [Patch Notes](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/patch-notes) - [Status](https://status.acorn.works/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Help Articles](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/help-articles) - [Patch Notes](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/patch-notes) - [Status](https://status.acorn.works/) - English - Australia Show submenu for translations - [Contact Us](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/kb-tickets/new) - [Customer Portal](https://support.acorn.works/tickets) Welcome to the Help Centre - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Acorn Help Centre](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre?hsLang=en-au) 2. [Help Articles](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/help-articles?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Development Plans](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/help-articles?hsLang=en-au#development-plans) 9 October 2026 # Support Your Team's Development Plans (Supervisors) ## See your team's published plans, respond when someone needs a hand, and endorse plans you support. **Development Plans series: Part 4 of 5** 1. [Development Plans Overview](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/development-plans-overview?hsLang=en-au) 2. [Create a Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/create-a-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Track and Complete Your Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/track-and-complete-your-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) 4. **Support Your Team's Development Plans (Supervisors)** (you are here) 5. [Development Plans FAQ](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/faq/development-plans?hsLang=en-au) As a supervisor, you can follow your team's published development plans, respond when someone needs a hand, and endorse plans you support. Only your team member can edit their plan. To see how plans are created, read [Create a Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/create-a-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) and [Track and Complete Your Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/track-and-complete-your-development-plan?hsLang=en-au). ### Before the conversation 1. **Prepare questions, not goals.** Read the assessment or your last 1:1 notes and bring two or three areas to explore, plus your organisation's priorities. 2. **Open with the evidence, then ask.** "Here's what the assessment shows. Where do you want to take this?" 3. **Let them hold the pen.** Only your team member can edit their plan, so the words in it should be theirs too. ### See your team's plans 1. Go to **Supervisor Dashboard** \> **Team development**. - **Development plans shared with you** lists each team member who has published a plan, with their overall status and number of active plans. - **Team members without plans** lists everyone else, marked **No active plan**. - With Capabilities, a summary at the top shows the capabilities your team is working on, the target levels and who's working towards each. ![e3-01a](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-01a.png?width=670&height=578&name=e3-01a.png) **Please note:** Only published plans appear here. You won't see private drafts. 2. Select a team member to see **At a glance**: **Active plans**, **Plans need a hand** and **Last update**. **Worth a look** flags anything waiting on you, such as a newly published plan, with a **Review & endorse** link. ![e3-01b](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-01b.png?width=670&height=663&name=e3-01b.png) 3. With Capabilities, the same page shows the capabilities they're growing (with target levels) and the capabilities they could be growing: those mapped to their role but not yet in an active plan. That second list is a good source of questions for your next conversation. ![e3-01c](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-01c.png?width=670&height=419&name=e3-01c.png) ### Respond when someone needs a hand 1. Open the plan. If a step is marked **Need a hand**, a banner at the top says so. You can read each step's description and note. ![e3-03](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-03.png?width=670&height=613&name=e3-03.png) ![e3-06a](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-06a.png?width=670&height=841&name=e3-06a.png) 2. You can't reply in the plan yet, so follow up with your team member directly. **Tip:** Treat "Need a hand" as an invitation. Pick it up in your next conversation and ask what would help. A quick response shows your team that asking works. ### Coach from the plan - **When you disagree, say it once.** If a goal doesn't look right, share your view and why, then let them decide. - **Set up the experiences the plan needs.** Work and People steps often need something you can arrange, like an introduction, a seat on a project or time with a mentor. Ask "Which of these can I help with?" ### Endorse a plan 1. Open the plan and select **Endorse plan**. ![e3-04a](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-04a.png?width=670&height=419&name=e3-04a.png) 2. Confirm in the **Endorse plan?** dialog. **Endorsed (1)** then appears next to your team member's name. ![e3-04b](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-04b.png?width=670&height=723&name=e3-04b.png) - **What it means:** you've seen the plan and you support it. - **What it doesn't mean:** approval. The plan doesn't need it, and your team member can keep editing. - **To undo it:** select the **...** menu next to the plan title, then **Withdraw endorsement**. - **While it stands:** your team member can't unpublish the plan. If they need to (for example, after changing supervisor), withdraw your endorsement first. - **When to do it:** while the plan is still active. Once every step is **Done**, **Endorse plan** no longer shows. ### If your organisation doesn't use Capabilities Everything above works the same, including endorsing. You won't see the capability summary on **Team development**, and goals show no capability or target level. ![e3-05](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-05.png?width=670&height=419&name=e3-05.png) ![e3-05b](https://help.acorn.works/hs-fs/hubfs/e3-05b.png?width=670&height=756&name=e3-05b.png) ### Keep plans alive Once every step is **Done**, the plan moves to your team member's completed plans, and they show under **Team members without plans** until they start a new one. To read a finished plan, open their page and select **View completed plans**. **Tip:** Use the 1:1s you already have. Before each one, open Team development, read the latest notes and look for any Need a hand. Notice when someone is working differently and tell them, even if their steps are still open. --- **Next: [Development Plans FAQ](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/faq/development-plans?hsLang=en-au)** Still have questions? Check the FAQ. Previous: [Track and Complete Your Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/track-and-complete-your-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) **Development Plans series: part 4 of 5** 1. [Development Plans Overview](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/development-plans-overview?hsLang=en-au) 2. [Create a Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/create-a-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) 3. [Track and Complete Your Development Plan](https://help.acorn.works/help-centre/track-and-complete-your-development-plan?hsLang=en-au) 4. **Support Your Team's Development Plans (Supervisors)** (you are here) 5. 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