Kyprianos was born in Cyprus, a small island in the East Mediterranean- from Greek Cypriot parents. After he studied Economics in Greece and UK he spent his youth in Greek banks until he got the necessary experience to create his own asset management company: Smartline.

He is the CEO of Smartline Global since 1995 and he loves teaching and trading. He created his system in the late 90s and he became a multi-millionaire applying it on Commodities, Stocks, Currencies and Bonds for his company’s and personal portfolio. The 2008 crisis was the reason to make his final improvements on the system to deliver in 2014 through this book: A complete set of actions on how to use Technical Analysis for trading.
He is an advisor for many brokerages and asset management companies in the Middle East, coaching many successful traders in the region.

Smartline Executive consulting

Building Productive Teams

At Smartline, we assist Companies/organizations make better hiring decisions by identifying individuals who are truly productive and capable of contributing to a company’s growth.

Purpose

To make hiring and recruitment predictable, controlled, and effective. Our system emphasizes identifying productive individuals, rather than relying on intuition or “gut feeling.

Smartline provides scientific evaluation tools that help businesses select the right people for the right roles. We use a combination of advanced assessments designed to reveal a candidate’s true potential and productivity level. These tools allow companies to objectively evaluate candidates and avoid costly hiring mistakes. The goal is to help businesses build strong, productive teams by applying proven evaluation systems and hiring principles.

When the right people join an organization, everything becomes easier:

• Management improves
• Productivity increases
• Teams grow stronger
• Success becomes sustainable

Our Evaluation System:

• Performance Checking – Evaluates past production and real results
• Personality Analysis – Identifies behavioral traits and working style
• Leadership Index – Measures leadership potential
• IQ Testing – Assesses cognitive ability
• Aptitude Testing – Determines capacity to learn and perform

Why Smartline?

Many companies hire based on impressions, resumes, or interviews alone. Unfortunately, these methods often fail to reveal how productive a person will be.

Smartline changes this by focusing on the most important factor: Production.

We help organizations identify people who:

• Take responsibility
• Produce results
• Contribute positively to a team
• Support the company’s purpose

Building Strong Teams

A successful organization is built on productive individuals working together toward a common goal. Great teams share two key qualities:

Contribution – Every member adds value.
Coordination – Everyone works in alignment toward the same objective.

Great leaders understand that team building is not a one-time event but a continuous process that takes place every day. When the right people are selected, organizations become more efficient, more profitable, and more enjoyable places to work. Management improves, productivity increases, teams grow stronger, and success becomes sustainable.

Leadership and Team Success

A strong leader ensures that the organization has a clear purpose, communication flows across departments, each individual understands their role, and the entire team works toward shared targets. When these elements are in place, teams become high-performing and resilient.

The Science of Productive Hiring

Helping organizations hire the right people — every time. Building Productive Teams – The right Approach. In addition to our primary evaluation tools, we apply several other assessments such as Leadership Index tests, IQ tests, and Aptitude evaluations. The purpose of these tools is simple: to help our clients identify and hire truly productive people—individuals who will become real assets to their organization rather than just employees filling a position.

Target Audience

Our services are designed for business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs who want to build strong and productive teams.

The Power of a Winning Team

Observing a winning team is always fascinating—whether it is a sports team, a family, or a company where people work together to achieve something extraordinary. Regardless of your position in an organization, you can contribute to improving the team. The two most fundamental qualities of effective team members are contribution and coordination. The higher your position in the organization, the more important it becomes to understand what builds or breaks a team. Truly great leaders are always team builders.

Hiring Managers vs. HR Managers

I often say that Human Resources is one of the most critical elements of a company’s success. For this reason, it is essential that clear and open communication exists between HR and management. An HR department that understands the importance of hiring productive people makes the job of managers significantly easier. HR can gather and analyze valuable data about candidates, including productivity indicators, personality characteristics, motivation levels, and knowledge/skills. Ideally, HR provides this analysis, while the manager makes the final hiring decision. Both top management and HR professionals should understand the principles of effective hiring.

“There Are No Productive People”

In some countries—such as Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Norway—unemployment is extremely low. As a result, some companies feel that “there are simply no productive people available.” Do not panic. Productive people always exist. Many of them are simply ready for a new opportunity or career change. The key is knowing how to write effective recruitment advertisements that attract productive individuals. Companies should avoid entering salary bidding wars for candidates who are already employed in the same industry. Hiring people by simply offering more money than competitors rarely leads to long-term success.

Why?

Because individuals attracted purely by higher pay are usually loyal to the highest bidder—not to the company. They may leave as quickly as they arrived, and in many cases, they do not produce enough value to justify their salary. A far better approach is to attract people who want to contribute. Highly productive individuals are motivated primarily by the opportunity to create, build, succeed and make a difference. Instead of focusing on what they will receive, focus on what they will be able to accomplish. When you present a meaningful challenge, you are far more likely to attract outstanding talent.

What Makes a Good Leader?

First, we must understand what a team really is. A team is a group of people working toward a shared purpose who coordinate and cooperate to achieve specific goals. In strong teams, members usually understand what others are doing and thinking, and they work together harmoniously. A great leader ensures that the purpose of the organization is clear and shared, everyone is moving in the same direction, relevant information flows freely between departments, and each individual—and the group as a whole—is producing at a viable level. True team building is not something that happens during a two-day retreat once a year. It is something that must be practiced every single day. When a team consistently achieves its targets, then celebrating together becomes a reward for success.

Team Spirit and Production

Because Smartline operates in more than 30 countries worldwide, we had the opportunity to observe how production, team spirit, and social stability are closely connected across different cultures. For example, in Taiwan, unemployment is extremely low, and the culture strongly encourages productivity. When production levels are high, crime rates tend to remain very low. Conversely, when incentives to produce disappear, societies often experience greater instability and unrest—whether in Sweden, Russia, or South Africa. The same principle applies within companies. When organizations encourage productivity, responsibility, and contribution, they build stronger teams, healthier cultures, and more sustainable success.