Spring is sprung – at least in the northern hemisphere – the days are becoming brighter and warmer, and many people, including even strategy consultants, are therefore developing sunnier dispositions!

Without being unduly pessimistic, the bad news, however, is that this will be a strictly temporary phenomenon, as autumn and winter are bound to return before we’re much older.

This raises the question of how you can enhance your happiness on a rather more durable basis, and you might be surprised to learn that a good leadership coach may well be part of the answer.

According to one study, reported by David Brooks in the New York Times, joining a group that meets even once a month produces the same happiness gain as doubling your business bottom line.

After 10 years as a facilitator and mentor of groups of CEOs and business owners, I can vouch for the validity of this claim. I’ve seen members:

• Turn their businesses around
• Sharpen their focus and
• Increase their effectiveness

All this has been achieved from the questions they ask and feedback they receive from their peers.

Not only have the CEOs and business owners in my groups seen their bottom lines more than double, they’ve begun achieving more in three days than they did previously in five or six, allowing them to spend more time with their families and friends.

If you’d like to join or experience one of my CEO, business owner or key executive mentoring groups, and discover the happiness and success that comes from working with people just like you, you can contact me at richard.bosworth@thewhatifspecialist.com or follow @richardwhatif on Twitter.