And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences.

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't do to what we can.

Grief affects job performance, so giving workers time off to grieve can lead to stronger outcomes at work.

And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?

The most important career decision you'll make is who your life partner is.

Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don't veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a real social and professional cost.