When it comes to negotiating in the workplace, it’s been suggested that some negotiating tactics that work for men subsequently backfire when attempted by women. Asking for a raise or time off from work can be part of climbing the career ladder for anyone in a professional environment, but for women, studies show this task has become more complex. We talk with author of the New Yorker article ​“Lean Out: The dangers for Women Who Negotiate” Maria Konnikova ​and Chicago’s Women Employed Advocacy Council chairwoman Ambar Mentor Truppa about the question of why negotiation involving gender remains imbalanced between women and men.(Flickr/KellyB.)