siy certified teacher shalini bahl describes the growing trend of mindfulness programs at work: “there is a confluence of factors propelling the growth of corporate mindfulness. two big trends are high stress and low engagement levels at work. there are external factors as well that are pushing leaders to turn to mindfulness. a global survey reported a leadership crisis across industries (edelman, 2017). high levels of worry and lack of fulfillment in their careers has led many leaders such as mark benioff at salesforce, rose marcario at patagonia, and chade meng tang, the google engineer who initiated the search inside yourself program, to turn to mindfulness.”