Vendor List
The following vendors are external partners of Enterprise Talent Development (ETD). If you would like to utilize a vendor for your office or agency, please contact ETD by emailing us at etd.training@state.mn.us
Amy Olmscheid Consulting
Website: Amy Olmscheid Consulting LinkedIn
Course Offerings: Effectively Giving Feedback, Leadership Styles, RAPID Model for Decision Making, StrengthsFinder, MBTI, Change Management, and more.
Amy Olmscheid has a master’s in counseling psychology and over 20 years of experience in career counseling, talent development, and organizational effectiveness.
Blanchard
Website: blanchard.com
Course Offerings: Adapting to Change, Art of Influence, Building Trust, Fearless Innovation, Legendary Service, Team Leadership, Conversational Capacity, and more.
Blanchard’s leadership experts, proven content, and dynamic learning experiences maximize individual achievement and organizational performance. Their services include leadership development solutions, leadership consulting, coaching services, digital and virtual learning experiences, and measurement and evaluation.
California Creative Solutions Learning Academy
Website: ccslearningacademy.com
Course Offerings: Professional Development and Leadership courses, including EQ assessment, Talent Management, Time Management, Leading with Charisma, and more. IT courses, including Fundamentals of Project Management, Influencing without Authority, Project Management Professional (PMP), CompTIA courses, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, and more.
California Creative Solutions Learning Academy offers a comprehensive menu of courses that help keep staff relevant, including promoting Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in the Workplace.
Coach & Mentor Group
Website: lizuram.com
Course Offerings: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Development, DiSC, Workplace Culture, Performance Management, Productive Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Motivation, Problem Solving, Public Speaking, Business Writing, and more.
From multi-session workshops to one-hour Lunch n Learns, The Coach & Mentor Group’s teaching philosophy is: Listen, Write, Think, Do. Their goal is for each participant to listen to the lesson, take notes in a learning journal, think about how they can apply the lesson, then go out and do it.
Commonsense Consulting@Work
Website: cscworks.com
Course Offerings: Creating and Sharing a Respectful Workplace for Employees, Leading a Respectful Workplace Successfully, Learning Journey: What is Marginalization?, Learning Journey: Unpacking Power and Privilege, Learning Journey: Understanding Institutional and Structural Racism, and more.
Commonsense Consulting@Work specializes in diversity, equity and inclusion, change navigation, workplace culture, training, leadership development, strategic HR consulting, diverse recruiting strategies, and more.
deepSEE Consulting
Website: deepseeconsulting.com
Service Offerings: Assessments, including CliftonStrengths, the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory, the Intercultural Development Inventory, the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), and more.
deepSEE provides insightful consulting and strategic diversity training paired with proven measurement tools focused on building individual and organizational cultural competence. Their custom training is available in traditional classroom format, eLearning modules, webinars, and one-on-one coaching.
edChunk
Website: edchunk.com
Service Offerings: Effective classroom instruction, eLearning, Adult Learners, Curriculum Design, Interface Design, Blended Learning, and more.
EdChunk focuses on e-learning training and education strategies that address organizational problems while creating engaging, impactful experiences for the learner.
Eisele & Associates
Website: Eisele & Associates LinkedIn
Course Offerings: Change Capability, Communication Skills, Effective Meetings, Project Management, Time Management and Information Overload, and more.
Eisele and Associates specializes in the areas of leadership development, project management, management development, quality improvement, and interpersonal skills. They are certified in and/or are qualified in Project Management Professional (PMP), Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, FIRO B, and DiSC.
Elite Growth Partners
Website: elitegrowthpartners.com
Course Offerings: Adaptability, Career Development, Conflict Management, Integrity, Leading from within, Psychological Safety, Delegation, Employee Empowerment, Failure, and more.
Elite Growth Partners assists organizations with gaps in the talent management process and supports initiatives in advancing workforce development and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. They specialize in employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, and talent development.
Griotitude eLearning
Website: griotitude.com
Service Offerings: Design and development services for eLearning and blended training modules, and conduct Learning and Development needs assessments.
Griotitude eLearning provides quality learning experiences that help workers obtain the skills and knowledge they need to realize their dreams and transform their lives. Their mission is accomplished by combining storytelling, interactivity, and practice to create transformational learning.
HMMP, Inc. (Awesome People Leaders)
Website: awesomepeopleleaders.com
Course Offerings: Building Trust Influencing Others, Cognitive Bias, Dealing with Ambiguity: People- Centric (Servant) Leadership, Difficult Conversations: Relationship Management, Emotional Intelligence Right Sizing, Employee Experience Team Resiliency, Filtering Down Understanding LGBTQIA+, and Forming a Team User Manual, and more.
HMMP, Inc. (Awesome People Leaders) uses neuroscience to develop emotional intelligence, power skills, inclusion practices, and healthy workplace behaviors for employees and leaders at organizations of all sizes. They combine high tech with high touch. High tech with micro-lessons of 15 minutes or less delivered to the learner via multimedia asynchronous learning. High touch with 24/5 access to experienced leader-coaches for twelve months.
Level Up Leadership
Website: sarahciavarri.com
Course Offerings: Dare to Lead, Coaching 101, Staying Grounded in the Storm, Trust Me: Moving Trust from a Catchphrase to Action, DiSC, and more.
Level Up Leadership provides high-impact, high-return training and facilitation. They specialize in burnout prevention, resilience, reinvention during disruption, and building courageous cultures.
The Lumin Group
Website: thelumingroup.org
Course Offerings: Productive Conflict, Championing Change, a 12-month leadership development program, leading self-awareness, strategic leadership, change management, and more.
The Lumin Group’s mission is to strengthen organizations by developing their most valuable resource – people. They are certified in and/or are qualified in DiSC, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the 6 types of working genius, Strengths Finder, Thomas Kilmann Conflic Mode Instrument, Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS), and Illuminated Teams Climate Survey.
Mateffy and Co.
Website: mateffyco.com
Course Offerings: Customer Service Skills for Public Employees, Productivity and Communication Skills, Public Sector Leadership, Foundations of Project Management, and more.
For over 37 years, Mateffy and Company has provided leadership, service, and productivity workshops for many public and private sector clients. They are known for their practical approaches to real life work challenges.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Minnesota State)
Website: minnstate.edu
Course Offerings: Communication, strategic thinking, technical know-how, transitioning to management, and more.
With 37 higher education institutions and teams located across the state, Minnesota State offers a wide range of courses and program in various fields. Their teams are equipped to create customized curricula to address the needs of any state government department.
Simon Says Lead
Website: simonsayslead.com
Course Offerings: Everything DiSC, The Five Behaviors, Conquering the Art of Hiring, The New Manager’s Toolkit, Mastering One-on-Ones, Strategic Synergy, Clarity Catalyst, Unlocking Potential, The EQ Advantage, and more.
Simon Says Lead focuses on developing skills for individual contributors and leaders at all levels. From entry-level employees to senior executives, they provide comprehensive training solutions designed to enhance performance and drive organizational success.
Strategy and Effectiveness
Website: sandeconsultants.com
Course Offerings: Business strategy, organizational strategy, management, leadership, culture, systems thinking, governance, policy, strategic planning, service redesign, performance measures, process improvements, ROI, and more.
Strategy and Effectiveness invests in strategic initiatives that change lives and create value and social impact. Their goal is to find solutions to complex challenges, foster growth and enhance the performance of individuals and organizations. They accomplish this goal by improving the capacity, leadership, collaborative, and cultural competencies of their clients.
Thera Rising International
Website: thera-rising.com
Course Offerings: Conflict Savvy Leader, Strengthen Collaboration and Trust, Introduction to Instructional Design, and more.
Thera Rising’s mission is to improve morale, productivity, and performance by resolving and preventing destructive, escalated conflict between individuals and within groups. Thera is a Greek word, meaning "to heal." They provide powerful strategies with evidence-based practices in psychology, neuroplasticity, and continuous improvement.
Working Conversations
Website: janelanderson.com
Course Offerings: Communicating Strategically, Leading and Supervising Hybrid Teams, Talkin’ Bout My Generation, and more.
Working Conversations, LLC, specializes in leadership development, communication, the remote and hybrid workplace, and additional training and development in related areas.
Zenger Folkman Company
Website: zengerfolkman.com
Course Offerings: Elevating Feedback, The Extraordinary Leader, The Extraordinary Performer, The Extraordinary Coach, and one-on-one coaching.
Zenger Folkman provides high-impact leadership development and corporate training programs with the goal to help clients boost employee productivity, strengthen employee commitment and improve bottom-line profitability.