Try this brilliant question to end your coaching conversations

Sometimes the most powerful coaching moments come from the simplest of questions.

This week, an experienced Solution Focus coach, Eva Rampini from Switzerland shared with me a brilliant closing question that I can’t stop thinking about:

It stopped me in my tracks.

For a moment I sat in silence, really thinking. And when I finally said my “wish” out loud, I could hear the truth in my own words. It wasn’t just an answer,  it was a moment of clarity.

Eva then repeated it back to me which was even more powerful to hear it again!

What struck me most was how beautifully this question wraps up a conversation. It doesn’t just close the space, it leaves you walking away with your own voice, your own desire, ringing in your ears.

Sometimes, the simplest questions open the deepest insights.

I’m curious — what’s a powerful closing question you’ve been asked (or asked others) that stayed with you?

Note: Credit to Peter Szabo, a leading Solution Focus Coach from Switzerland who first used the wish question