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Enterprise Talent Development

ETD's mission is to help build skills, cultivate careers and develop leaders with Minnesota's government employees. We deliver courses to sharpen skills in current roles, develop potential for advancement and elevate leadership effectiveness. Our customized services provide training, coaching, specialized courses, planning and development assistance tailored to the unique needs of your group. ETD is the state resource to learn, grow and lead.

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Workforce Planning

ETD provides workforce planning facilitation, support and resources to all state and county agencies and departments.

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ETD Center

The ETD Center is conveniently located on several bus lines in St. Paul, just across the Robert Street Bridge. We have three classrooms with WI-FI access and audio/visual installations to meet ADA standards. Rental options are also available. Learn more about rates and availability.
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Customized Services

ETD works with individuals, teams and agencies to deliver solutions tailored to meet specific needs. By leveraging multiple partnerships with higher education, private vendors and individual consultants, we are able to provide cost-effective, personalized opportunities to define and meet your goals and objectives.
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The Leadership Network

The Leadership Network's mission is to bring State aspiring leaders together in order to cultivate their leadership skills in a shared learning environment. Through its efforts, the Leadership Network is building more effective leaders for today and tomorrow's workplace.

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Retirement Seminars

ETD offers a Pre-Planning for Retirement Seminar and a State Retirement Seminar for all Minnesota state employees. Planning for your retirement includes many factors and we can provide the tools for you to create a successful retirement.

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Core Development

Increase your effectiveness as a supervisor or manager with ETD’s Core Development programs. Our programs will help build skills to elevate your leadership and support team growth in order to increase workplace performance and accomplish individual and team goals.

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Leadership Development

ETD's leadership development workshops, programs and customized coaching services are designed to meet state employees at every stage in their career: aspiring, emerging, senior and executive leadership. Our unique workshops and programs help participants advance skills to increase effectiveness in leading themselves, others and organizations.

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Skills Development

Learn new skills and elevate your career by taking an open enrollment course from ETD. These courses are available to all Minnesota state employees and cover a wide variety of topics including communication, teamwork, personal development, project management and customer service.

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