RCAAQ – Organizational Development and Total Compensation in Small Cultural Organizations

How can you offer attractive working conditions and fairly recognize the contributions of your team members, even when your financial resources are limited?

Who is this training for?

This training is particularly intended for directors, managers, administrative staff and other professionals responsible for work organization and resource planning within their teams.

Exact Schedule

• Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
• + 1 hour of individual follow-up

Description

Staff retention is a crucial issue today for strengthening cultural organizations, particularly in the dance, theatre and visual arts sectors. Compensation goes beyond salary. Taking a total compensation approach means considering the full range of monetary and non-monetary levers that can help recognize employees’ contributions, improve working conditions, and foster engagement and retention.

This training will help cultural workers understand total compensation as a sustainable management practice that contributes to strengthening their organization, and identify the levers they can realistically use based on their resources and organizational reality.

Objectives

• Understand what total compensation encompasses and distinguish between its monetary and non-monetary components.
• Recognize the needs addressed by different forms of compensation.
• Understand how a salary grid works and how to adjust it over time (indexation).
• Identify the most effective total compensation levers based on your sector and your organization’s reality.
• Examine your current practices and identify areas for improvement.
• Integrate your compensation practices into a broader consideration of work organization, team management and resource planning.

Instructor

Carole Messaoudi is a Senior Partner in MNP’s Consulting division. Specializing in strategic management, organizational development and human resources, she supports clients through organizational transformation and growth. She is also an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and is recognized for her ability to quickly understand complex issues and provide insightful, strategic advice.

After more than a decade honing her skills in business development, this seasoned professional spent 20 years with Groupe Trigone, first as a consultant, then as a director and ultimately as Chief Executive Officer.

She earned a master’s degree in organizational management from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in 2003. Committed to sharing her knowledge, she taught in the master’s program in organizational management as well as the bachelor’s program in business administration in Chicoutimi from 2004 to 2011.

Questions?

Amélie Brisson-Darveau
Professional Training Manager
formation@rcaaq.org

This training, offered by the Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec (RCAAQ) in collaboration with the Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD), is supported by the Conseil de la formation continue arts et culture de Montréal (CFC) and funded by the Gouvernement du Québec through the Intervention-Compétences program administered by Compétence Culture.