Cyprus companies increase focus on team building and workplace culture

Nicosia, Cyprus. Companies in Cyprus are increasingly investing in team building and workplace culture, according to interFRONTIERS Managing Director and Senior Facilitator Kyriacos Iacovides. He said foreign businesses were helping drive a shift towards treating stronger workplace relationships as a business priority.

Growing demand for workplace training

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, Iacovides said the Nicosia-based training and development company had seen growing demand for programmes designed to improve teamwork, leadership and employee relationships.

interFRONTIERS has developed over roughly 25 years and works with international partners to provide training and team-building solutions to companies in Cyprus.

“We are truly privileged to be the Gold Partners of Catalyst Global, the leading world-class curator of team-building solutions for Cyprus,” Iacovides said.

From banking to team development

Iacovides has 27 years of corporate experience in leadership, change, sales, negotiation and team coaching. He joined interFRONTIERS in early 2014 after leaving the banking sector.

He described the move as a major professional change, taking him into a business focused on improving people’s performance and developing workplace skills.

“I love working with teams. I love coaching teams to become better,” he said.

Relationships and business performance

Iacovides argued that activities sometimes dismissed as soft or emotional issues could directly affect business performance.

“Research and, in fact, science proves that if you have teams that are not cohesive, are not effective and haven’t got positive relationships, then this has a direct impact on performance and productivity,” he said.

He added that team relationships also affect how employees feel about their workplace and, consequently, their engagement.