Belonging at Work

Navigating DEI Challenges and Embedding Inclusion in your Organization

Asif Sadiq

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781398626843
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398626850
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

Build a resilient culture of belonging and embed DEI into long-term business performance.

Belonging at Work by Asif Sadiq is a strategic guide for business leaders, senior HR professionals and DEI practitioners navigating resistance, fatigue and misinformation around diversity, equity and inclusion.

It shows how to reframe DEI as a business-critical priority, address concerns with clarity and create practical strategies that strengthen trust, engagement and organizational resilience. With practical guidance on data, technology, intersectionality and the employee lifecycle, this book helps leaders create sustainable programs that build trust, accountability and measurable impact.

You'll learn how to:
- Address DEI resistance with confidence
- Navigate difficult conversations constructively
- Embed inclusion across the employee lifecycle
- Use data and technology to measure impact
- Build sustainable DEI programs that last

With clear strategies for resilience and measurable progress, Belonging at Work helps organizations create inclusive cultures that strengthen trust, performance and long-term belonging.

Themes include: DEI strategy, inclusive leadership, workplace belonging, organizational culture, employee lifecycle, diversity data

Table of contents

• Preface
• Author’s note
• 1 The next horizon of inclusion
• 2 Leadership in an age of multiplicity
• 3 From programmes to ecosystems
• 4 Culture as competitive advantage
• 5 Technology, AI and inclusive design
• 6 The global workforce reset
• 7 Equity in action
• 8 Inclusion beyond the workplace
• 9 The future is human
• Index