It sits at the front of my mind as I write this next, what would you call this?  Thought share?  Helpful hints share?  Coaching tools share?  Business skills share?  Before I digress too much, it sits at the front of my mind, what is the theme of this blog?  What would be appropriate content? Heck, what does appropriate mean? 

I am of the belief whatever one attempts, anything, it has the best outcomes when done with a sense of purpose.  So what is the purpose of this blog . . .

The purpose of The Coaching Circle is to provide coaches, at all levels, and most specifically new coaches, an environment for refining coaching expertise. 

Is that the purpose of this blog?  To provide you with a place to share your thoughts toward refining your coaching expertise?  Yes that feels . . . balanced.

Coaching expertise . . . What would you say to coaching expertise being that balance between advising and listening?  There are times when in conversation with a client, I will say "What about this? What about that?" A coach is a partner and supporter of the client being all they can be.  Yet, there are times the client is looking for guidance.  Did that make sense?  While I know sharing the view of a situation from a different vantage point  may awaken perspectives that may not have been thought of, what is being shared is my perception and my judgment.   What makes me confident, comfortable it is for the client's best verse my "stuff?"  That's the balance to continually refine, advice that supports and grows with listening that builds self awareness.

So how did this begin?  Purpose for this blog in efforts to grow a theme and content.  Yes it feels balanced that the purpose of this blog, as of The Coaching Circle, is to provide assistance in refining one's coaching expertise.  So I will stop here, and let theme and content come when they are ready.