Organizations of all types are struggling to attract and retain the talent they need to compete. From entry-level positions to management and senior leadership, skills development is a key priority. While specific, technical skills remain in demand, recent studies suggest the trend toward behavioral skills—creativity, analytical thinking, communications, collaboration, and ethics—continues to advance. Through a diversity of programs, Minerva works with organizations in all sectors to enhance these capabilities in their employees and to grow talent pipelines for new recruits.

Building Talent Pipelines

Minerva students bring global perspectives, adaptive mindsets, and practical knowledge to organizations of all types and sizes. Beginning in their first year, undergraduates engage in term-time and summer work with partners across private, public, and social sectors.

Through co-designed programs, from research labs to innovation hubs, partners provide students with valuable professional experiences, while their organizations benefit from inexpensive individual and team-based project work which is aligned to their strategic objectives. As students develop their skills, the value they provide increases in kind. Minerva students are also uniquely prepared for remote work opportunities because of their daily experiences with self-directed assignments and classes in Forum™, Minerva’s virtual learning environment.

These professional engagements with students ultimately allow partners to identify exceptional prospects and to establish a highly-skilled, culturally-savvy talent pool.

Accelerating Existing Talent

Minerva designs and implements a range of customized Professional Learning & Development programs for employees at all organizational levels. From established courses to customized curricula, partners can provide continuing education to develop skills and deepen knowledge in a variety of critical areas, including understanding complex systems, managing biases, data-informed decision making, and digital transformation. Ongoing training of this kind can be a powerful tool for attracting, retaining, and improving high-performing employees and leaders.

Managing Complexity

This foundational course in Minerva’s Professional Accelerator curriculum imparts practical tools and frameworks for complex leadership challenges in competitive business environments. Learners gain insight into the systemic and behavioral complexity inherent in modern organizations, from team dynamics and customer relationships to the characteristics of successful leaders. Course material is derived from actual partner examples and relevant industry case studies.

Managing Complexity

Supplementary Focus Courses provide greater depth on specific topics and leadership skills:

• Systems Thinking and Adaptive Organizations
• Behavioral Science for Leadership
• Leading Innovation for Impact
• Data-Informed Decision Making

Enhancing Individual Learners

Graduate studies offered by Minerva Schools at KGI provide individuals and small groups with rigorous learning opportunities that are created with working professionals in mind. All Minerva post-baccalaureate courses, including degree and certificate programs, are conducted remotely via Forum, with no travel or residency required. Top learners attend from around the world to advance their careers and gain indispensable skills for the modern workplace.