Team Talk
The View from a People Business
Welcome to the first edition of Team Talk, a new regular feature about how a team-led business like ours navigates the present and the future.
28th May 2025
Hear about what’s happening at Involvement, news from our divisions and regular thoughts from Arjen, our CEO.
Team Talk is a weekly column that offers a clear-eyed, people-first perspective on what it takes to run and grow a team-led business today.
Written using experiences from Involvement, a nationally recognised SME, it explores the real issues shaping our work: from productivity challenges and policy shifts to the evolving role of leadership, technology, and team culture. It’s a space to reflect, to provoke thought, and to champion the often overlooked power of small businesses and the people who drive them.
Welcome to the first edition of Team Talk, a new regular feature about how a team-led business like ours navigates the present and the future.
For a business like us that strives every day to be the best for our colleagues and customers, this is like reaching the summit of
Involvement really is a life style, a way of thinking and for me a life changer! These are the kind words of a colleague
Making people better. It’s a prescription for company health. Coaching is our next big differentiator as a business. Even more than big and
That’s a bit of a strong statement from someone who runs a proudly ‘team-led’ business! And no offence is intended to the people overseeing
With the Euros in full flow, the national discussion turns to what businesses struggle with every single day. How do we create a winning team?
What politicians could learn from good businesses. It wasn’t until this election was called that I started thinking about the way we do things
The Book of Involvement tells the inside story of our business in 48 pages to our customers and anyone else who’s interested. You can order
We’re delighted that our CEO Arjen Cooper-Rolfe is a newly appointed honorary fellow of Salford Business School. Arjen gave the keynote speech at the high-profile
Is Will more Valuable than Skill? Alfonse Kyeyune has had a remarkable journey to get to where he is now. We credit his success to
Involvement is a community of differing businesses with one common belief. A belief in its People. this has led to our continued success.
Our site offers resources and ideas to help other businesses replicate our people-first approach. Trust us, it really works.
Involvement is a community of differing businesses with one common belief. A belief in its People. this has led to our continued success.
Our site offers resources and ideas to help other businesses replicate our people-first approach. Trust us, it really works.
