I focus on building rapport with the team by listening to their perspectives, while clearly communicating my client’s needs and the evidence behind my recommendations. I remind myself that we all share the same goal: the client’s well-being. By staying collaborative and respectful, I can advocate more effectively and foster a stronger, more unified support system for my client.

SWOT to get the reason for resistance and identify the reason of resistance is it non-alignment with organisational ethos/objectives or is a personal lack of time, resources, / scale of priority and then align it with client needs and draw a winning plan and motivate teams upstream and downstream to attain success.

When facing resistance from other disciplines, it's crucial to approach the situation with diplomacy, understanding, and a focus on collaboration. Here are some strategies to effectively advocate for your client's needs: 1. Build Strong Relationships Active Listening: Actively listen to the concerns and perspectives of others. Empathy: Understand their point of view and acknowledge their concerns. Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and heard. ? Regular Communication: Maintain open and regular communication channels to address issues promptly.

Where I work, there are never enough resources to go around. Something I try to do, is find a specific goal between at least two of them and try to get both sides to see that point. Then I can work on mixing in more stakeholders and more goals. That way, the people representing the agencies will already be working together when it is time to tackle the limited resource.

It is important that we practice due diligence by undertaking research to provide data driven arguments to our proposition, so that this provides sufficiently reason to help convince our hearers.