Chairman's Award - Inside Edison - Edison International

Organizational Unit Support
Organizational Unit Leadership Role:
As an officer, you plan an important role in the success of the Chairman’s Award program. Have fun with
your program. This is a great opportunity to spotlight people who are making a difference in your
organization.
1. Please assign one Program Director and one Communications Liaison for your Org Unit to
coordinate your efforts.
2. Identify a Program Director to be responsible for managing the process within your Org Unit and
ensure all program deadlines are met. We are requesting a Director‐level position because in
many organizations Directors have served in this role in previous years and we want to have
consistency across the organization. Also, Directors are not eligible to be nominated. In addition,
the Chairman’s Award is a corporate priority and deserves executive attention. The Program
Directors will oversee the nomination collection process and manage the judging to pick your
finalists. They will also serve on the Winners Judging Team.
3. Identify a Communications Liaison to help publicize the program, winners and deadline schedule
within your Org Unit, and provide minimal nomination editorial support.
4. Actively promote the award program to create excitement leading up to the winners’ recognition
event tentatively scheduled for June 22, 2013.
5. Celebrate the finalists and winners within your organization. Personally recognize your
organization’s award recipients, highlighting their stories as examples of Edison International’s
values in action. Personal recognition from senior leadership is a major component of this
program’s prestige.
6. Attend the Chairman’s Award recognition event. Your presence at the event will demonstrate your
commitment to the program itself, but more importantly your commitment to the company’s
values and culture.
Chairman’s Award Program Director Role:
1. Work with your Org Unit Leadership, Communications Liaison and other members of your team on
promoting the overall program, encouraging nominations and managing the finalist judging
process for your team.
2. We’re using a “grass roots” nomination process across all business lines, where employees are
encouraged to participate in the program to nominate their peers. This approach increases
participation among employees. Employees may nominate their peers or a manager, managers
may nominate their subordinates, and leadership may nominate their employees. However, teams
may not be nominated.
3. Please note that you may need to use additional personnel to review your nominations. Entries
may require more editing, since specific details and anecdotes might not be included. Also, you
may need to establish a process to ensure the claims made in the nomination are accurate.
4. Form a selection committee of VPs and/or directors from the departments represented within the
Org Unit to select the finalists for your group.
5. You will also serve on the Winners Judging Team with a small group of former Chairman’s Award
Winners – including at least one union member – to pick the 30 winners.
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The company reserves the right to modify or terminate the program at any time. The program is administered by Corporate Communications.
All decisions of Corporate Communications regarding interpretation and application of the program are final.