Lucas Held
Lucas Bernays Held is an independent, strategic communications consultant with more than three decades of experience leading communication teams with measurable results at three non-profits with national reach. A member of the Change Leadership Collaborative, he has led communications teams at The Wallace Foundation, Barnard College of Columbia University and Connecticut College. He holds a certificate in marketing management from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Haverford College.
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5 strategies keep polarization from derailing teams
Leadership teams increasingly have to deal with strong opinions on both sides of issues when working within the team and with external stakeholders. This should not be surprising considering historical trends. Since the 1980s, partisan political polarization has become a defining feature of our political system. Today, Democratic and Republican […] -
Communication skills keep teams on track
Good communication skills are essential for leadership teams to function well and meet their goals. Communication is fundamental to all aspects of teams’ work, including the steps of getting off the ground and establishing early wins, which we have written about in previous columns in this series (Spiro & Fisher, […]
