Understand clients desires and explain by the 7 steps career path to engaged to completed all the steps to have a better view and start the career path best for them.
Known your business and explained to the stakeholders all reasons pro- and cons of your proposal and asked for any feedback from them to add more information to complemented your proposal .
Maybe meeting with them individually to be more effective and personal, created a survey after the meeting to know how they like o dislike about the meeting.
Understand the best method of communication for a person or my team. Be sure everybody receive and understand clear the information. Learn other methods of communication to be more effective. Always listen others and pay attention.
Study your alternatives and ask for feedback to your team, focus in the results and asked for ideas to included.