Former Edison CEO John Bryson discusses building high-performance leadership team with Senn Delaney

Feb. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- John Bryson recently discussed his focus on his senior team and on culture at Edison in a conversation with Senn Delaney Chairman Dr. Larry Senn.

Among Bryson's many notable accomplishments as chairman and CEO of Edison International and its California utility Southern California Edison was successfully leading its California utility, SCE, through the energy crisis of 2000–2001 and the challenging next few years, when a flawed state industry restructuring and market manipulation caused California power companies to lose billions of dollars and pushed the major Northern California utility, though not SCE, into bankruptcy. During the crisis, people at all levels of Edison rose to the challenge in what he describes as “heroic” effort.

But by 2004, Bryson saw that SCE needed to move beyond crisis management mode to continuously improve value for its more than 15 million customers. Teamwork and continuous improvement would become a strong focus as he sought to shape a culture for the 21st century. Because cultures need to be shaped from the top, John asked Senn Delaney, the culture-shaping firm, to work with him and the officer group to define, model and create the desired culture.

The complete interview is available in Senn Delaney's winter 2011 issue of at your best, a free newsletter that shares interviews with top leaders, thought papers from Senn Delaney's leaders and the latest news, research and perspectives on culture shaping.

The newsletter is available at http://www.senndelaney.com/newsletterHome.html.

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