Toyinda L. Smith is the author of ‘The Handbook to Unleash Your Potential,’ an entrepreneur, champion influence®, infuser, and inspirational speaker. She is the founder of Leadership Strategy & Consulting, where she specializes in guiding individuals and groups – particularly women, teams and organizations – to be champions in leadership, athletics, education and business.
Leadership Strategy & Consulting provides solutions through keynote speaking used to infuse teams and increase productivity, public and private workshops that examine such topics as employee engagement, coaching leadership, temperament identification, emotional intelligence seminars, advancing team goals and visions, as well as providing coaching services for former
athletes, current sports coaches and athletic directors who have careers in influential domains.
For over 14 years, Toyinda held leadership roles at Purdue University, honing her ability to guide individuals and groups to win in every area of the mindset, re-fire to recover passion, and re-set self to place individuals back on a championship track.
She is a champion in her own right. As invited to walk on to Purdue University's track and field team, she became an eight-time B1G Conference championship medalist, including five B1G Conference champion titles and two-time All-American. She won the NCAA indoor weight throw championship in 1999. She has since earned the privilege of being inducted into two athletic halls of fame and has been honored by many other organizations for leadership and innovation. She has made several Top 40 under 40 lists.
Toyinda has championed efforts through transformation assignments with clients including but not limited to, corporations such as Chick-fil-A – Lafayette, Indiana, and Fifth Third Bank – Indianapolis, Indiana; higher education institutions such as Purdue University, Francis Marion University, Coker College, Tri-County Technical College, Florence Darlington Technical College, Ivy Tech Community College – Indiana and the Pee Dee Math Science & Technology Academy – Bishopville, SC. Nonprofit organizations like the Byerly Foundation, Pee Dee Community Action Partnership, United Way-Midwest, and the Sankofa Project in Washington, D.C. As well as the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce in the Hartsville, Darlington, and Florence locations.
She earned an associate’s degree in organizational leadership and supervision and double bachelor’s degrees in psychology and sociology at Purdue University. She has a master's degree in student affairs and higher education from Indiana State University.
Toyinda is the creator of the Champion Influence® Initiatives, certified to facilitate the Real
Colors® Personality Instrument, trained to integrate Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment, and is a certified leadership Speaker, Trainer, and Coach with the John Maxwell Team. She also serves as President & CEO of the 501c3 organization, Legacy of Women, Incorporated. Additionally, Toyinda is an Adjunct Faculty member at Coker College in Communication, a member of Full Life Victory Center and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated as well as Boy’s and Girl’s Track & Field Coach in Hartsville, SC.
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