Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Coaching

Is your coaching approach building true inclusion, belonging and performance across your workforce? Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Coaching by Salma Shah is a strategic guide for senior leaders, executives and experienced coaches who want to embed equity and belonging into talent development, leadership and organizational culture. This updated edition provides proven tools for understanding diverse employee needs and tailoring coaching to deliver measurable results. It addresses how factors such as race, gender, class, culture and religion shape workplace experiences, and how to recognize the difference between employees in survival mode and those thriving in psychologically safe environments. You'll discover how to: - Create an inclusive coaching culture that strengthens engagement and retention - Integrate AI developments to enhance equity in coaching practices - Identify and address trauma from prejudice, racism, bullying and burnout - Support authentic self-expression and healthy resilience across the workforce
With expert insights, global real-world examples and actionable frameworks, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Coaching equips senior decision-makers to lead with empathy, strengthen governance and deliver results through truly inclusive employee development. Themes include: inclusive coaching strategy, governance, belonging culture, AI in coaching, psychological safety

Salma Shah is the Founder and Director of the award-winning Mastering Your Power, a certified coach training programme designed with a wider systemic lens of diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity. Based in London, UK she works with clients at a senior level in public, private and voluntary sectors; supervises and trains other coaches; presents at events both in the UK and internationally. She has worked with clients across a range of industries, including: Teenage Cancer Trust, Reuters, Planning Inspectorate, Lexmark, O2, Reuters, British Transport Police, Metropolitan Police. She has also travelled the globe delivering programs for major international organisations including: Oracle, Ernst and Young (Kuwait, Palestine)
She is also on the Board of Savera UK, a charity tackling culturally-specific 'honour'- based abuse.

Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: Coaching the lived experience; Chapter - 03: Identity; Chapter - 04: Belonging; Chapter - 05: Inclusion; Chapter - 06: AI and DEIB; Chapter - 07: Entanglement; Chapter - 08: Trauma; Chapter - 09: Resilience; Chapter - 10: Authenticity; Chapter - 11: Psychological safety and best practice; Chapter - 12: Thriving; Chapter - 13: Equity; Chapter - 14: Allyship