Creating a conducive work environment for well-being

Training Theme

This training explores how to create a work environment conducive to well-being using the VAKOG (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Olfactory, Gustatory) approach. It offers concrete solutions to improve your professional space through 10 key aspects, from ergonomics to spatial organization. Emphasis is placed on the importance of natural elements, particularly plants, which increase well-being (+13%) and productivity (+8%). The training encourages a balanced approach between personal and collective accommodations, while emphasizing the importance of daring to ask for changes to positively transform one's work environment.

Training Objectives

In this online course, you will learn how to:

• Promote an inclusive culture by genuinely identifying existing disparities, inequities, and discriminations.
• Foster equity by valuing and treating different groups equally.
• Recognize diversity by daring to appreciate uniqueness and contrasts.
• Build trust within the organization by creating an environment where everyone can be themselves.
• Listen to and consider the experiences of sensitive groups on the ground.
• Identify the criteria for diversity and inclusion to focus on necessary adjustments.

Target Audience 

Anyone sensitive to diversity and inclusion topics.

Means and Methods 

• E-learning Modules: Consisting of text, videos, interactive content, and quizzes designed to help you achieve the defined learning outcomes.
• Additional resources: Downloadable documents such as the coaching memo sheet (PDF).

Training Content 

This module contains 4 parts:

DISCOVER

• Identify your personal challenges and motivations for change.

SHAKING UP

• "Great organizations to work for": a comparative table of good and bad practices
• Inspirational quote from Catherine Testa on the toxic environment in the workplace

LEARN

• Expert video: Improving your work environment, 7'15
  • Presentation of the VAKOG concept (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Olfactory, Gustatory) and its impact on the quality of life at work
• 10 tips for a comfortable and stimulating environment

ANCHOR

• The importance of plants in the office and their benefits
• Collective development and personalization of spaces
• Use concrete examples to define your own commitment to change.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Downloadable documents : Coaching memo sheet (PDF)
• Bonus: TED or Youtube video(s)