该剧改编自若花燃燃的职场小说《苏筱的战争》，以建筑行业为背景，紧扣职场进阶和逆袭这一脉络展开剧情，讲述了造价师苏筱（孙俪 饰）因合作方推诿事件而被迫离职后，机缘巧合下进入赢海集团子公司天成建筑，在高压又精细的造价工作中，即使面对公司内的暗流涌动和天科建筑经济师夏明（赵又廷 饰）的强劲挑战，依旧秉持着“造价表的干净就是工程的干净”的职业信念，在一次次的激烈竞标中脱颖而出、也在一次次的斗智斗勇中经历职场的历练和洗礼，终于迎来事业的高光时刻和对人生理想的新感悟。

从小就对时尚极感兴趣的河野悦子（石原里美 饰），一直梦想着能够成为顶尖时尚杂志《Lassy》的编辑。经过屡战屡败的面试后，她终于如愿以偿被《Lassy》所在的出版社景凡社所录取，然而却是被安排到了无生趣的校阅部担任校对工作。部长茸原（岸谷五朗 饰）所描绘的美好蓝图让河野看到一丝希望，她以自己特有的方式投入到校对工作中来，这期间不可避免和校阅部资深工作人员藤岩（江口德子 饰）以及景凡社责任编辑贝冢（青木崇高 饰）乃至作家发生冲突，然而执拗的女孩却最终影响身边的每一个人。当然在这一过程中，命中注定的那个人（菅田将晖 饰）也出现在了河野的身边……
本片根据宮木あや子的同名原作改编。

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune ’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time ’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.
In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.
Written with both humor and wisdom , Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.

小说的主人公杜拉拉是典型的中产阶级代表，她没有背景，受过较好的教育，靠个人奋斗获取成功。小说中拉拉在外企的经历跨度八年，拉拉从一个朴实的销售助理，成长为一个专业干练的HR经理，见识了各种职场变迁，也历经了各种职场磨练。