Stachelhaus insists that stepping away from a top management job now does not contradict her Lean-In-esque philosophy. Though she spends most of her day caring for her husband, she still serves as a consultant to E.ON and recently joined the supervisory board of U.K. technology firm Computacenter.

Instead, she believes her decision highlights a very different dilemma—the tension that comes with caring for aging parents and spouses. It’s an issue that both men and women at the prime of their careers will face as the workforce ages and demand for caregivers grows.

In that debate, Stachelhaus hopes she is sending a positive message to anyone facing the hard choice that comes with balancing family and work.

“I am trying to be a good example for men,” Stachelhaus says. “If their wives get sick they should do the same.”

雷吉娜•施塔赫尔豪斯是德国一家重要公司董事会中少数女性之一，她希望德国女性同胞不要因为有孩子而放弃自己的事业。

在一个灰暗的星期天下午，雷吉娜•施塔赫尔豪斯出现在斯图加特飞机场。因为多年来的工作旅行，她对这里很熟悉，包括如何从位于德国西南部附近一个村庄的家转车去杜塞尔多夫（她最近经常工作的地方）。但今天这一趟不是公差，她的穿着非常随意，仅仅穿了一条牛仔裤和一件跟她眼影相称的天蓝色毛衣。她急匆匆地走进了候机服务台上方的一个热闹的全景餐厅里，并为她迟到了一小时表示了深深的歉意——她的丈夫出了点意外，她得先送他去医院。

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