Train team on project process

Schedule a training session for the Marketing team on the new project process and enroll everyone who touches campaign tasks. Create the 'Project Process Training' task, assign it to me as owner, invite the Marketing channel including Aaron Patel, Simone Lee, and Rahul Mehta, set the session for next Thursday at 10am, attach the slide deck, and request RSVPs by Tuesday noon. After attendees confirm, add a follow-up task to validate they completed the checklist.

Before I run the training for Aaron Patel, Simone Lee, and Rahul Mehta, reduce their resistance. Open the agenda and move the most painful change — the new review deadline — up front, show a before-and-after example of a campaign task, make where to find the updated templates obvious, and call out the three reasons a reviewer will say no. Flag where extra rehearsal is needed for senior reviewers.

I scheduled the Project Process Training next Thursday at 10am and invited Aaron Patel, Simone Lee, Rahul Mehta, and the Marketing channel, but four people declined within an hour. I’m afraid we’ll get poor attendance and the new process won’t stick. I don’t know whether timing, content, or perceived value drove the declines. What’s the most likely reason and the fastest corrective action to get enough attendees for a useful session?

Training sessions for process changes keep getting low attendance, and when people do attend they don’t follow the new steps, wasting preparation and losing momentum. I think we scatter invites, fail to tie the process to real work, and skip mandatory follow-ups. Which single habit should I change in how we schedule and run trainings, and what three enforcement steps will increase attendance and actual adoption?