Separation – At some point, the consultant will withdraw from the intervention process, having transferred his or her skills to the client organization (again, whether the OD professional is internal or external). This may occur because additional change is no longer a priority to the client organization, or that it is not ready for the next stage of change. It may be because OD skills are needed that the current OD consultant does not possess. It may be that the consultant has been co-opted by the organizational culture and is no longer able to maintain objectivity. For whatever reason, separation should occur intentionally and not by just letting it happen