introduction

I work in a production assurance laboratory, and am tasked with safety, inventory and environmental matters. In performing these duties, I keep returning to three major topics: Good Laboratory Practices, Chemical Hygiene Plan, and Lean Manufacturing.
I get to re-write our Chemical Hygiene Plan for our Production Lab. Yay! (caution: entering Nerd-Zone!)
I am also studying Lean Manufacturing (i.e. Toyota Way), and there are so many intuitive parallels between Lean and Good Lab Practices. We are working towards Visual Factory at the lab, and the CHP is a part of this.
These are all related in an actual sense by leadership and management skills, of which I have a grand total of none. The things I struggle with here are motivation and interpersonal skills. I know why it is important for the lab techs to check their safety showers, but trying to verbalize this importance is hard for me.