Case Study: SASRI strengthens succession planning with SHL

SASRI identifies top 15 researchers with SHL

The South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) faced a significant succession gap as many of its world-class scientists were nearing retirement. To address this challenge and understand the bench strength of its talent pool, SASRI partnered with SHL to identify and develop the most promising talent amongst its interns, students, and current employees.

SHL conducted a comprehensive talent review for SASRI, which involved job profiling and assessing scientists to determine their potential fit for future roles. The analysis revealed that creativity and innovation were the biggest predictors of top performance. This enabled SASRI to make more objective talent decisions, improving their quality of hire and retention, and provided the insights needed to recruit and develop a new generation of world-class scientists.

South African Sugarcane Research Institute (sasri)