About Robin

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Robin Toft is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of We Can Rise™, a community of women, men, and companies committed to elevating women into leadership positions worldwide. 

Her experience as the CEO of a prominent executive search firm has uniquely positioned her to help motivated women acquire the skills they need to dramatically elevate their careers.

Robin is also the author of the award-winning book, We Can: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement and Ignite Your Board Career:Board IQ Playbook. As a nationally recognized speaker, she is sought after to share the secrets of headhunters and leadership lessons learned along the way while placing some of the top executives in biotech, life sciences, healthcare, and high tech.

Real-World Experience

Robin doesn’t just talk the talk— she’s built her own organization from the ground-up to over $10 million in revenue, all on the principles of talent and innovation she speaks about.

Executive Search Secrets

Robin has placed numerous CEOs, CXOs, board directors and executive leaders within innovation-oriented companies including biotech and high tech organizations. Now she’s sharing the secrets of a world-class executive search professional and self-proclaimed “Headhuntress” with you.

Focus on Diversity

Throughout her career, Robin has proven her dedication to recruiting women and minorities into top roles in an effort to enhance innovation and financial performance in a range of industries.

Established Thought Leadership

Her book, WE CAN: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement, became an instant classic and was recognized by BookAuthority as 100 Best CEO books of all time.

Expert Team Builder

Robin knows what it takes to build great teams, and how those teams shape innovative, profitable organizations. She’s assisted both venture capital and private equity-backed companies in building their leadership teams to tremendous success.


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We’ve had the pleasure of working with Robin a number of times. She is one of the most engaging and dynamic speakers that I’ve encountered. Robin seamlessly adapts her years of experience owning and running a successful executive search firm into practical and actionable information that felt customized for our audiences. She is motivational and inspiring, and we walked away feeling like we could immediately implement her advice. She has a people-first mindset that can apply to everyone from entry level employees to C-suite executives. I can’t wait to get her back for more!
— Vicki Mealer-Burke, Former Chief Diversity Officer & VP, Human Resources, Qualcomm Incorporated
 

Robin says…

“Most think the #1 reason people leave companies is because of their boss, when in reality it is a lack of self-confidence and/or career advancement opportunities.”

 
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Full Bio

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Robin Toft is the founder and former CEO of Toft Group Executive Search, where she combined a deep knowledge of the life science industry with a passion for building game-changing management teams to achieve over $10 million in annual revenue in less than 10 years, then successfully sold her start-up to a multinational global executive search firm in 2019.

Also in 2019, Robin published “WE CAN: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement,” which immediately earned a place on BookAuthority’s list of the 100 Best CEO Books of All Time. Robin also serves on multiple non-profit boards, was awarded the San Diego Woman of the Year award and has been a finalist for Ernst & Young’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award for two consecutive years.

Throughout her career, Robin has placed numerous C-level executives at innovation-led companies within life science and digital health. A champion of building diverse executive teams to enhance innovation and profitability, Robin built her reputation for recruiting women and minorities into top roles and personally developing them to deliver optimal value to their employers.

Everything Robin has learned and achieved in her career, she now brings to you in a variety of offerings.


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Robin was a very uplifting and motivating speaker, and her advice about how to obtain a position was very helpful.
— Advance Leadership program, San Diego Chamber of Commerce
 

Robin says…

“The solution to today’s industry-wide talent crisis is rapidly advancing millennials, half of whom are women.”

 
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Robin has delivered her impactful message to thousands worldwide

 
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