INTERVIEW WITH DR. THEANO KALAVANA: CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS IN THE NEW TERM?

Dr. Theano Kalavana is the President of OPEK. An association for social reform that aims to facilitate dialogue on issues such as foreign policy, the Cyprus participation in the EU, Turkey’s European path, various aspects of European integration and many more. Dr Theano Kalavana is an adjunct faculty at the EIMF (European Institute of Management and Finance) and an Associate Executive Coach with BTS. Dr Theano Kalavana holds a PhD in Psychology, MSc in Health Psychology and BSc in Psychology. Her career focuses on the Psychology of Motivation, Communication Skills and Self-management. Until 2019 she was in academia as an Assistant Professor in Health Psychology and Clinical Communication at the St. George’s Medical Program of the University in London through the Medical School, University of Nicosia. Before that, she was a visiting lecturer at the Nursing department of Cyprus University of Technology and at the department of Psychology of the University of Cyprus. In 2014, she received a big European Research Grant and started her research with health professionals on their self-regulation skills and patients’ satisfaction. Since then, she started delivering training programs (based on the research results) to hospital organizations on resilience, effective communication skills, self-regulation for goal accomplishment and patients’ satisfaction. Due to this experience and exposure, her journey into HR and Business world started. Apart, from the academia, she has worked as a project manager and facilitator for leadership programs in large organizations. Since 2019, she works mostly, as an Executive Coach in Leadership and Well Being. She is a Professional Certified Coach in Leadership accredited by the International Coach Federation, with more than 4000 hours on one-to-one and team coaching. She Certified in Multipliers and ExPI.