Speaking & Presentations

As CEOs for Gender Equity's first executive officer, Tania offers insights and perspectives into those who are leading the charge, and those who are lagging; Western Australia is the worst performing state for gender equity for many reasons. As an executive and organisational coach Tania has experience working with progressive leaders to 'turn the dial in WA'. Her job is to support them as leaders in the transformation of their workforce by eliciting and sharing their stories of what works and doesn't work to drive and improve gender equity further. 

Featured in . . . 

Videos . . . 

Radio . . . 

• 6PR News Talk, 2021 - Tania chats to Liam Bartlett on International Women's Day about the gender pay gap and why workplaces need to start with the numbers. 

• The West Live, 2020 - Tania discusses the results of the annual audit with Jenna Clarke. 

• The West Live, 2020 - Tania discusses her wish list for the financially marginalised with Jenna Clarke, and weighs in on what needs to be included in the 2020 Federal budget to encourage women to get and keep the infrastructure and resources-based jobs Mr Frydenberg continues to promote. 

Podcasts . . . 

• The Perth Business Podcast, 2021 - Tania sits down with two young marketing professionals, Jake and Taryn, to discuss the current state of play, how businesses can take the first step in achieving gender equity and much more. 

• Business News, 2020 - Tania speaks to Matt McKenzie about the future of work for women: the impact of the pandemic and recession on women; ensuring women participate in the recovery; the significance of childcare; why the move to flexible working will benefit women; the nuance around the income gap between genders; and quotas and targets. 

News articles . . . 

• Business News, 2020, Call for combined effort on gender equity - Tania discusses how WA companies, such as WACA, are making workplaces more equitable but more change needs to come from those at the top. 

• ABC News, 2020, The coronavirus pandemic will change the way we work, with both men and women to reap the benefits - Tania discusses how WA has the nation's biggest gender pay gap and how CEOs for Gender Equity wants employers to seize some of the opportunities arising from the pandemic, ie the benefits of working from home. 

• The West Australian, 2020, Jenna Clarke: How giving women a seat at the table is good for business - Tania sits down with Jenna Clarke to discuss how CEOs for Gender Equity is reframing the conversation around gender equity from it being a woman's issue to a business issue. 

• Business News, 2020, COVID work culture sits well for business - Tania discusses with Mark Beyer the big shifts in mindset since the start of the pandemic, and how the enforced changes to work arrangements has helped achieve a real cut-through. 

• WAtoday, 2019, "You can't fix what you can't see": WA CEOs call for gender pay audit - Tania discusses CEOs for Gender Equity's call for more women in higher leadership, with WA currently having the deepest and most persistent gender pay gap in Australia. 

Presentations ...

• Better Balance for Better Business, Gender Equality Matters network, Woodside, 2020

• AGM key note, Wanslea, 2020

• Building Better Balance, townhall business update, Clough, 2020

• C-19: The compelling case for workplace change, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin Univesity, 2020

• Community, Respect & Equality Sundowner, Desert Blue Connect, 2019

• Rotary International Women's Day Dinner, Rotary Club of Mt Lawley, 2019

• Awards Presentation, NAWIC, 2019

• Gender Equity & Ethnicity, Curtin University, 2018

• Women in Leadership Forum, Advisory Group on Australian Africa Relations, 2018

• ASFA WA State Conference, ASFA, 2018

• Gender Equity: linking diversity & inclusion to productivity and performance, CPD, 2018

• Women in Leadership Conference, 2018

• Leadership Futures, Australian Institute of Management, 2017

• The Breakfast Club: Stop Fixing Women, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, 2017

• Finance Conference 2017: Gender Diversity & Equality, CBH, 2017

• IPAA WA Women in Leadership, Institute of Public Administration Australia WA, 2017

• Women in Civil Breakfast, Civil Construction Federation, 2016

• Women in Energy, University of Western Australia, 2016

MC and panelist . . . 

• Women in Project Management, Perth Learning Professionals, 2020

• Public Sector Governance Forum, Governance Institute of Australia, 2019

• Annual Strategic Planning Day, Women's Health and Family Service, 2019 (facilitator)

• Women in Economics Policy Symposium, BCEC, 2018

• Lessons Learnt, Lessons Shared, Tower Human Capital Group, 2018

• Leading Transformation, Tribes and Thinking Unconvention, Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community Boards program, 2018

• Gender Diversity in Engineering: Are we asking the right questions?, Women in Oil & Gas, 2018

• Strategic review workshop, global centres of excellence in geoscience and resource engineering, BHP, 2018 (facilitator)

• The Breakfast Club: Not Just Lucky, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, 2017 

• Gender Diversity and Inclusion Targets: CEOs leading the way, Women in Leadership series, CEDA, 2017

Linkedin . . . 

• Tania Cecconi, 2021, "Gender Equality vs. Gender Equity vs. Gender Balance" - Tania discusses the difference between gender equity and gender equality, and illustrates the importance of gender balance within a workplace. Better balance leads to better business. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2021, "Why it starts with the numbers" - Tania discusses WA's gender pay gap and how mining is one of the sectors leading the way in closing the gap. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2020, "Building Better Balance" - Tania discusses how Clough is working with CEOs for Gender Equity to build better balance for better business outcomes. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2020, "Crunching the gender equity numbers: Western Australia is moving forwards, not backwards" - Tania discusses how more CEOs and leaders are taking action, giving thanks to our WA CEOs and leaders who know that the commitments to gender equity starts at the top and that it starts with them. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "#pinkwashing" - Tania discusses the pervasiveness of #pinkwashing. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Women in leadership; fixing the gender pay gap" - Tania discusses the gender pay gap, and how the data describes women's overall position within an organisation and the economy. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Leading or lagging?" - Tania discusses the public sector and how they are the largest employer and largest procurer in WA. Hence how the public sector has a significant ability to influence outcomes for women in WA. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Time to STEM the myths and face the facts" - Tania discusses how building the STEM talent pipeline must also be matched by fixing the leaky pipeline with efforts to attract, retain and promote women in STEM. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Breaking the 'boys' club'; defying the odds to be the odd one out" - Tania discusses the role of leaders to create an organisational culture where the 'boys' club is a relic of the past. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "CEO Roundtable: Ending family and domestic violence in Western Australia" - Tania discusses the effects of family and domestic violence in workplace and how their has been a shift in our leader's mindset to find ways to prevent FDV with increased awareness and education. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Overcoming the challenge of getting buy-in for gender balance and dealing with the backlash" - Tania discusses the meaning of the term "backlash"; dealing with resistance and the resistors; strengthening the business case; supporting front line managers; recruiting male champions; re-designing work; and CEO commitments. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "The three-second rule that could save your life" - Tania discusses the importance of safety. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "Why are we still talking about gender equity? Good question! Let's ask instead "are we there yet"?" - Tania discusses how achieving a gender balanced organisation needs huge organisational energy, and how there is no substitute for CEOs and leaders who are relentlessly pursuing impact until they achieve gender equity. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2019, "The leadership hot-seat affords a level of influence and privilege to make long lasting change in workplaces; use it or lose it" - Tania discusses how CEOs and leaders that lead with intent and purpose on gender equity have the opportunity to accelerate gender equity outcomes for women and for men. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2018, "Fixing women or fixing workplaces?" - Tania discuses how stereotyping and unconscious biases impact women, with leaders paying a role to transform their organisation's culture to one that is more gender inclusive and diverse.  

• Tania Cecconi, 2018, "Women's work" - Tania discusses the value of women's work and the often non-existent pipeline of female talent in male dominated and higher paying sectors.

• Tania Cecconi, 2018, "Recruiting for diversity?" - Tania discusses three key messages she learnt from Sandra De Kock about designing jobs that are inclusive of men and women.  

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "A-ha moments don't discriminate" - Tania states her three key findings from facilitating CEO Roundtables: leadership is for influence; if merit was such an objective selection tool then why can't workplaces find the right women with the right skills at the right time; and that real and long-term change starts at the top. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "This time it starts with the numbers" - Tania discusses the need for more WA CEOs to analyse their gender pay data. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "Engineering 'university pipeline' is only a part of the problem" - Tania thanks those who joined the conversation and made commitments about tapping into a pool of talent to get more women to the top by; sponsoring women for succession, seeking out females in other sectors as lateral hires, and expanding top teams to make room for diversity. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "Leading from the top; why it starts with CEOs" - Tania discusses three recurring themes that help shape CEO's commitments; creating pathways to leadership, scaling flexibility for senior leaders, and exercising CEO's sphere of influence.

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "Managing vs leading; what's your role working toward gender-balance?" - Tania discusses how progressive and temporary leaders understand the benefits of having a gender balance workforce. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "Offsetting the #motherhoodpenalty" - Tania discusses the misconceptions around the gender pay gap. 

• Tania Cecconi, 2017, "Women Matter: How to unlock the potential of gender equity in the workplace with Liz Broderick AO" - Tania discusses Liz Broderick's insights on gender equity.