Helping - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1981
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Helping Managers Improve Performance

By: Arthur N. Turner

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Help - Research Computing Services

Help There are several ways to get help for issues that may arise. For assistance with troubleshooting, please use this form , email research@hbs.edu , or call 617.495.6100 . Use the 5 W's (who, what, where,... View Details

April 22, 2015
Editorial

One Way To Help Greece Recover: Help Greek Companies Obtain Financing

By: George Serafeim

Keywords: Europe; European Union; Eurozone; Politics; Government; Government And Business; Competitiveness; Country Analysis; Country Strategy; Finance; Competition; Financing and Loans; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; European Union; Greece

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29 Sep 2020
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How Career Coaching Can Help You

Keywords: HBS Career Programs; coaching

01 Oct 2001
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Helping Hands for HBS

involvement with the School, an effort that is a microcosm of the broad participation of HBS alumni throughout society in general. In the late 1970s, Mary Lindley Burton, a consultant in career strategy, was asked if she would help advise... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jan 2014
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Learning from Helping Others

centers—were school-related. "The most amazing thing we did was when we spent time at a nearby prison with prisoners who were about to go back out in the world," she says. "We were young school children helping people get rehabilitated. I... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2009
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Heroines and Helping Hands

India, Kenya, Pakistan, or Vietnam where girls typically do not get much education. The U.S. girls raise money to help their partners and upgrade their schools. The truth is that we in the developed world have all won the lottery of... View Details

Keywords: Sheryl WuDunn; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

2021
Working Paper

'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback

By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Jennifer Abel, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino

People often avoid giving feedback to others even when it would help fix a problem immediately. Indeed, in a pilot field study (N=155), only 2.6% of individuals provided feedback to survey administrators that the administrators had food or marker on their faces.... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Helping; Prosocial Behavior; Relationships; Social Psychology; Theory; Perception

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29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

14 Jan 2020
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How Can Courageous Leadership Help Mid-Career Professionals?

2018
Flash Talks

Who Helps Who and How? Comparing the Helping Orientations of Black and White Men Working in Elite Jobs

01 Oct 1999
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HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed

In towns and cities across the country, HBS club members are putting their expertise to work helping local nonprofit organizations solve an array of interesting challenges. Alumni agree that it's a rewarding and enjoyable way to make a... View Details

15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

grew up in Montreal, where his father was a professor at McGill University and where he earned an undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering. After graduating, he went to work for Monitor Company in Toronto, as a consultant. CPR for IP Zetta Research... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

02 Dec 2017
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Helping HBS Make Big Bets

Barnett landed at the iconic Lincoln Center in New York City. “I was impressed that Lincoln Center’s leadership valued and sought out the talents and skill sets of Harvard MBAs,” she says. After her fellowship year, Barnett stayed on at Lincoln Center for almost nine... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19

Pictured at right: Sanchay Gupta (MD/MBA 2022) is cofounder of Umbulizer Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Since its launch in 2012, the Venture Program at Harvard Innovation Labs has helped... View Details

08 Mar 2017
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Helping vets become resident landlords

Reed Benet (MBA 1991) is founder and CEO of HeroHomes.com, an online organization that helps military veterans secure no-money-down VA loans to purchase and live in small multifamily homes for housing themselves and income purposes. In... View Details