Lucie Melicharová was a Guest Speaker in a programme for the Emerging Leaders MBA Class 2021 of Loyola University Maryland, presenting and discussing the current challenges in Recruitment and Talent Acquisition.
As an external instructor for various MBA programmes across the United States and Europe, Lucie regularly engages with the next generation of business leaders on topics at the intersection of talent strategy, executive search, and organisational development.
The session covered the evolving landscape of talent acquisition — how the competition for exceptional people has intensified, how candidate expectations have shifted, and how organisations need to rethink their approaches to recruitment if they want to attract and keep the best. The discussion drew on real-world cases and the practical insights Lucie has built through years of executive search and HR consulting.
Emerging leaders benefit enormously from understanding talent dynamics before they are in positions where these decisions fall to them. The earlier they develop a thoughtful perspective on how organisations find, attract, and develop people, the better equipped they will be to build high-performing teams from day one of their leadership journey.