April

IDI QA Certification

IDI Qualifying Seminars (QS) for individuals to be trained and licensed as IDI Qualified Administrators to use the Intercultural Development Inventory. The Online IDI QS will be presented by an experienced, licensed IDI Qualified Administrator in three sessions (4.5 hours each) across three days (one session per day). (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 3, 4 and 6, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. all three days | Cost: $1,800

Project Management Fundamentals

In this course, you'll receive hands-on experience in learning, applying, practicing, and developing fundamental project management skills. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 5 and 6, 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days | Cost: $595 - FULL

Customer Service Skills for Government Employees

If you work in public sector service, this course is a great way to recharge your batteries. Not only will you be reminded of the important role you play helping the public, you’ll also learn powerful ways to gain control during challenging service situations. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 12, 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Cost: $175 - FULL

Communicating Strategically - This new session has just been added!

This course will equip employees with the skills necessary to effectively deliver meaningful messages in a concise and diplomatic manner. Employees will learn a communication model that will ensure the information they share is heard and acted upon. The techniques and strategies presented in this virtual course will help you be more effective when engaging with the public, members of your own agency or department, and members of other agencies and departments. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 12, 2023, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Cost: $175

Communicating Strategically

This course will equip employees with the skills necessary to effectively deliver meaningful messages in a concise and diplomatic manner. Employees will learn a communication model that will ensure the information they share is heard and acted upon. The techniques and strategies presented in this virtual course will help you be more effective when engaging with the public, members of your own agency or department, and members of other agencies and departments. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Cost: $175 - FULL

Leading Better with Diverse and Inclusive Teams

In order to inspire high performance, it is important for leaders to acknowledge and leverage the diversity and potential of individual team members as well as the group. In this course, evaluate which inclusive leadership skills you need to focus on; explore how the type of work setting influences team belonging; identify and address interpersonal communication derailers that may impact your team; and create a supportive, inclusive team culture to empower and retain your best talent. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 18, 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Cost: $175

Increasing Employee Engagement

How engaged are your employees? Do they actively seek out work projects and always strive to do their best or do they work just enough to meet the minimum requirements? This course will address how to build a strong culture of engagement. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 25, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Cost: $175

Elevating Feedback Workshop

The Elevating Feedback™ Workshop will enable leaders to provide reinforcing and redirecting feedback to their employees. Leaders will discover how and when to provide positive feedback for recognition and corrective feedback to help others be more productive and cease less effective behavior. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: April 27 and May 4, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. both days | Cost: $206.25

May

Strategic Effectiveness for Aspiring Leaders (SEAL)

Strategic Effectiveness for Aspiring Leaders, also known as SEAL, is ideal for state employees in non-management roles that aspire to become leaders in state government and wish to build skills that will move them towards this goal. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: May 3, 10, 11, 18, and 31, 2023. All dates listed, except for May 11, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 11 will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.| Cost: $935

Holding Difficult Conversations

What if you had a difficult discussion with someone and instead of getting a defensive response, they thanked you? By beginning with the end in mind, you will learn how to reverse engineer difficult conversations into simple, straightforward discussions that get results. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: May 9, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Cost: $175

Project Management Fundamentals

In this course, you'll receive hands-on experience in learning, applying, practicing, and developing fundamental project management skills. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: May 16 and 17 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days | Cost: $595

June 

Agile Fundamentals

This course is instructor-led and includes short lectures, in-class group discussions, individual exercises, and team exercises that use practical assignments to reinforce the lecture topics. The practical exercises and cloud based agile simulation utilized are highly interactive and provide hands-on learning. (Virtual Interactive Class)

Course Date: June 21 and 22 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days | Cost: $595

Retirement Seminars

Prepare yourself for retirement, whether that time is rapidly approaching or more than five years down the road. ETD offers two retirement seminars that cover important topics to help you prepare for the next chapter of your life.

The State Retirement Seminar

The State Retirement Seminar is for state employees who are planning to retire within five years or less. This online live seminar is now 2 full days with speakers and expertise on pension and social security benefits, health care savings plan, state insurance benefits, estate planning, and more. (Based on demand, seminars will be added as needed.) PLEASE NOTE: DOC employees should check with their fiscal department before enrolling in either of these retirement seminars. 
Dates: March 22, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and March 23, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  | Cost: $95

PrePlanning for Retirement Seminar

The PrePlanning for Retirement Seminar is for state employees who have more than five years until retirement. This online live seminar is now 2 full days with presenters that have expertise on pension and social security benefits, health care savings plan, estate planning, life and disability insurance, and more. (Based on demand, seminars will be added as needed.) PLEASE NOTE: DOC employees should check with their fiscal department before enrolling in either of these retirement seminars. 

Dates: April 19, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and April 20, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  | Cost: $95

Core Development

Increase your effectiveness as a supervisor, manager or HR professional by learning more about your role and the state specific policies and practices that impact it.

• Supervisors and managers:  Develop related leadership skill sets through exploring topics such as increasing employee engagement, performance management, onboarding, and leading change. Expand awareness of your own personal communication and leadership styles.
• HR professionals: Increase your understanding of HR fundamentals in state government and gain new skills in areas such as DEAI, emotional intelligence and navigating the future of HR.

Core Development Programs

The upcoming sessions of Supervisor Core, Manager Core, and Human Resource Core will be offered virtually. Please contact the MMB's ETD Training Coordinator for detailed information. (ETD Training Email)

Supervisor Core

Virtual delivery format for Supervisor Core is set up as 13 half day sessions delivered from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Cost: $845
Course Dates: April 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, May 16, 17, and 18, 2023 - FULL
Course Dates: June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 29, 2023 - FULL
Course Dates: FY24: July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, August 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, and 31, 2023

Manager Core

Virtual delivery format for Manager Core is set up as 10 half day sessions delivered from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Cost: $845
Course Dates: May 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, and 25, 2023

Human Resource Core

Virtual delivery format for Human Resource Core is set up as 7 half day sessions delivered from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Cost: $100
Course Dates: March 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30, 2023

To receive registration notification and instructions, contact Lovie Kidd at lovie.kidd@state.mn.us. We are available to support your training and development needs and look forward to working with you.

Leadership Development

Cultivate your leadership to provide improved communication throughout your team. Increase team efficiency through action planning, self-assessment, redirecting and reinforcing feedback. You can also develop your leadership skills by enrolling or applying for our leadership development programs.

Applications have closed for this year's ELI and SLI Programs

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Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI)
The ELI Program for 2022-2023 is underway with Cohorts 28, 29, and 30.  Good luck and great development opportunities for this year's participants.  If you are interested in future participation in the ELI Program, be on the lookout for the start of the Application process in April.  Ask your HR and Training Directors to keep you posted on next steps. Thank you for your interest in the ELI Program.

Senior Leaders Institute (SLI)
The SLI Program for 2022-2023 is underway with Cohort 12.  Good luck and great development opportunities for this year's participants.  If you are interested in future participation in the SLI Program, be on the lookout for the start of the Application process in April.  Ask your HR and Training Directors to keep you posted on next steps. Thank you for your interest in the SLI Program.

Visit our site under Customized Leadership Development to learn more about other services ETD provides.  Here you will find Customized Courses, the Zenger Folkman 360 Leadership Assessment and information about other assessment tools we can deliver. Email the ETD Training team or contact ETD by phone (651-259-3646) to see how we can help or to schedule an assessment today.

View our Upcoming Courses for current ETD courses taking place and keep an eye out for upcoming courses.