• Build a collaborative relationship between consultant and client.

  • Encourage the client to provide input throughout the process in order to overcome potential resistance to the proposed solutions.

  • Empower the client to take ownership and responsibility for the project; the consultant is only one part of the project team.

  • Facilitate client learning on the process of diagnosing, gathering and interpreting data, drawing conclusions and implementing workable interventions.

  • It is the client who knows what form of intervention works best within the organisation.

  • A key project outcome is for the client to learn problem-solving ability for future use (enduring outcome) rather than buy a solution to an immediate problem (short term outcome).