Toya Talks Podcast
Toya Talks is where culture, courage, and career collide.
Created for Black women first and inclusive of allies, this podcast unpacks the realities of the workplace through the lens of culture, life, and global events. From pay gaps and strikes to leadership, politics, and authenticity, each episode explores how the world around us shapes the way we live and the way we work.
Toya goes beyond surface conversations to deliver bold truths, necessary lessons, and unapologetic strategies that empower listeners to navigate the workplace with clarity and courage.
If you’re ready to rethink work, reclaim your brilliance, and be part of conversations that matter, this is your space.
Toya Talks: Bold truths. Real strategy. For us all.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 191
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Black Created, Black Owned.
Create
/kriːˈeɪt/
verb
past tense: created; past participle: created
1. bring (something) into existence.
Ownership
/ˈəʊnəʃɪp/
noun
- the act, state, or right of possessing something.
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'The Micro in Microaggressions'
It’s the ever so micro in the Microaggressions that the white construct of the workplace will have you believe that you are ‘too sensitive’ or ‘can’t take a joke’. White people have fou…
Dilemma: 'My friend has asked me to get her a job where I work I'm unsure if this is the right thing to do, I don't want to be a bad friend.'
This week is the dilemma episode where we discuss, talk through and I advise on your work-related dilemmas.
Email me: [email protected]
Twitter: @toya_w (#ToyaTalks)
Snapchat: @toya…
DILEMMA: 'My workplace is not doing enough to educate staff about Black Lives Matter.'
This week is the dilemma episode where we discuss, talk through and I advise on your work-related dilemmas.
Email me: [email protected]
Twitter: @toya_w (#ToyaTalks)
Snapchat: @toya…
Cultural Vetting
Every organisation has a different culture that functions within it and it is your job to do your due diligence in understanding what that culture is, how you manage it, and where you p…
Black Gatekeepers - *Your call to action is also required.
We are in a season of shift #BlackLivesMatter is the first time in my lifetime I have seen black people on a domestic and global scale come together and the objective is collective and …
White Proximity ( 2 metres please!)
What a week. A week fraught with the emotional rollercoaster of new level of lows.
In this episode, I discuss the strategic element of white proximity and the need for black people to in…
The Last Dance. (Karen.... we have all seen you)
Karen has been moving mad and possessed as usual only this time we saw the steps, lengths, and depths she was willing to go to in weaponising her whiteness and attempting to put the lif…
Capital 'S' for Support
Support, its explanation and expectation were recently trending on Twitter together with a recent episode of Insecure, we saw the theme of Support and the lack thereof. What does Suppo…
DILEMMA - 'Sacked whilst pregnant, during a pandemic!'
During this pandemic, employers are using the economic strain to businesses to make emotionally fueled decisions that negatively directly affect employees/contractors. This week is a di…
B.A.M.E - Our Racial Experiences are not the same: Defining & Clarifying Boundaries.
Before you consider someone an ally it is important we examine their intentions and how such allies serve all parties. Allies need to be proactive in summoning and demonstrating change …
Dyslexia - I Am A Successful Black Professional With A Learning Disability.
Having a learning disability is not a measure of intelligence and too often I see people associate the two with each other.
I am a black woman with a learning disability who has navigate…
Evidencing Success
Last week a 27-year-old young black lady shared on Twitter that she earns £130k a year working in the tech space. This went viral, and with that an onslaught of those whose demons were …
Work Etiquette
This pandemic has tested the way in which people work and how businesses operate in the commercial space going forward. Let's talk about all things work etiquette. Many are interviewing…
Showing Up To Work As Yourself
"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shap…
Dispelling Workplace myths
So many work misconceptions that feed into the false sense of understanding about the work place. Many employers play on this and often take advantage of the lack of knowledge that many…
Walking In The 'Career' Wilderness
It's ok to not have it together and still be trying to figure out what path you want to take. Some people you talk to study something and then end up working in another, others have kno…
Social Distancing means: (WFH) WORKING FROM HOME / (WFB) WORKING FROM BED.
The Corona Virus is overwhelming and if the media is to be believed it is a global pandemic that is set to get worse.
I'm sure there are many lessons to be learnt but what is interestin…
DILEMMA- After several racial slurs I decided to make a formal complaint. My grievance complaint was not upheld, what next?
Once a month I will be answering your work place dilemmas, all names will be anonymous. I will provide you with my advice, please feel free to also share and provide your advice and opi…
DILEMMA - 'My colleague won't be receiving a bonus but I will, my manager told me. My colleague keeps asking me if I will be getting one or received my letter from HR. What should I do?
Once a month I will be answering your work place dilemmas, all names will be anonymous. I will provide you with my advice, please feel free to also share and provide your advice and opi…