California Department of Human Resources Named 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner
SACRAMENTO —The California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) has been named a 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) winner for strengths development. The award recognizes organizations that create workplace cultures that help people do their best work.
“As we work to modernize and streamline state government operations, prioritizing employee engagement is not just good practice, it is essential for delivering better services efficiently,” said CalHR Director Monica Erickson. “Winning this award affirms our commitment to treating employee engagement as a strategic priority. Our success with strengths development sets a powerful example for how investing in people drives effectiveness across California’s government. By helping people work from their strengths, we improve how CalHR serves state departments and ultimately how the state serves Californians.”
CalHR launched its Getting Started With Strengths rollout in 2025 and embedded CliftonStrengths into onboarding, leadership forums and internal communications. To date, 85% of CalHR employees have completed the CliftonStrengths assessment, reflecting strong internal participation. The CliftonStrengths assessment is an online tool from Gallup that helps people discover their natural talents and how they think, feel and act. Based on decades of research, it shows 34 common talent themes.
CliftonStrengths gives individuals and teams a simple way to understand and use their strengths. This supports leadership and professional growth by focusing on what people do best. CalHR has reported measurable gains in employee engagement scores since the program’s launch, including:
- Supporting recruitment efforts with over 150 statewide recruiters providing job information and guidance to more than 3,400 participants across 36 events
- Enhancing employee benefits customer service through a redesigned website with over 871,000 views and an innovative chatbot that provided timely answers to over 4,500 benefit-related questions, helping employees and their families make informed decisions about their health and financial wellbeing
- Delivering 2.5 million hours of training through 225,000 course enrollments to over 100,000 active users, empowering state employees to develop skills and advance their careers
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