It was the first session on diversity and inclusion that I've attended where I thought was really inclusive, helpful and non-judging of companies who are at different places but trying. I've found some of the other sessions I've been to overwhelming and leave you feeling like you're failing as a company and can't find a way forward. But the conversation [with Toby] was really helpful and insightful and I left knowing what I need to do to help my company think more strategically about diversity and inclusion
Anonymous: FinTech
Over the last few years Toby has spoken at a number of high profile CIPD events on diversity and inclusion and its importance to business and society. He brings a wealth of his own corporate experience from his prior D&I leadership roles at Deloitte and the BBC in to his growing consulting experience working with a wide range of businesses. He is passionate on the themes and practical ways of making a difference in building more inclusive organisations that can attract all the mix of skills, experiences and talent we need. He brings these to life in a very human way, also speaking of his own personal journey as he has faced the obvious and less obvious barriers to disability and the adaptations that we all need to make in our workplaces as well as in our corporate cultures and mindsets
Peter Cheese: CEO, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Toby made a global impact with my MBA students. The tools, frameworks, and nuggets of wisdom, lessons learned - he took an incredibly massive, complex and challenging subject, and made it relateable, practical....my students will take those lessons forward in their next chapters and I know they will use this to spark positive change. That is such a rare gift Toby has -- to connect on every level in a room with 30+ nationalities from four continents, 3 generations, and a million different points of view. And that is his superpower
Cari E. Guittard: Prof, Hult International Business School
Toby is a hugely inspiring and compelling speaker, fully informed at the forefront of diversity thought leadership.....and all delivered in an engaging and, at times, hilarious, style. Brilliant!
Nick Blackwell FCA: International Director - Emile Woolf International and Visiting Fellow - Henley Business School
We have partnered with Toby on several inclusion projects that support our aim to have the very best culture that all our employees can be proud of. Both his wisdom, practically and strategically, have been invaluable in helping us reach our goals. I would highly recommend Toby as a qualified practitioner in all subjects diversity inclusion and belonging
John Athanasiou: HR Director, HarperCollins Publishing