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Take a deep breath: Executives bring mindfulness to association workplace

CEO Update goes out into the field and comes back awakened MAPI CEO Stephen Gold (center) leads a guided meditation every Tuesday in the association's board room in Arlington, Va. Gold started the mindfulness program at MAPI in 2015.Photo: James Cullum For the last few years, strange things have been happening every Tuesday starting at noon in the conference room of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. After the lights are turned off, CEO Stephen Gold and up to a dozen staffers sit around the conference table, close their eyes and let a soothing male Australian voice drift them into a guided meditation. "Now relax your focus on your breath and your… Read More