Small Business Pivots

Why isn't your small business showing up on Google or getting recommended by AI? You have a website. You offer a great service. But when potential customers search for what you do, your competitors show up instead. So how do you fix that without spending thousands of dollars on SEO? In this episode of Small Business Pivots , business coach Michael D. Morrison sits down with Matt Diamante, fou...

How can small-business owners use AI to save time, improve productivity, and build better business systems without getting overwhelmed? Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate. But with so many AI tools, platforms, agents, and automation options available, many business owners are spending more time experimenting with technology than actually improving their businesses. In this...

Is your business struggling to grow because everything still depends on you? Many small-business owners build successful companies by doing everything themselves. They sell. They solve problems. They make decisions. They manage employees. But eventually, the approach that helped build the business can become the very thing preventing it from growing. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , busi...

How do you scale a small business when everything depends on you? Growing a business takes more than working harder, hiring employees, or opening another location. It requires strong leadership, documented systems, clear expectations, and the ability to let go. In this episode of Small Business Pivots, business coach Michael D. Morrison sits down with Jenna Bowden, founder of Delta Crown Hair Exte...

Struggling to generate consistent leads for your small business? You don't need a massive audience or a viral video to attract customers. You need a repeatable lead generation system. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , host Michael D. Morrison sits down with Scott Voelker, entrepreneur and co-founder of Brand Creators , to discuss how small-business owners can use YouTube, valuable co...

Promoting from within can be one of the best ways to develop your people and show employees there's room to grow. But being great at the work doesn't automatically mean someone knows how to lead the people doing it. Abbey Louie has spent her career helping organizations solve that problem. Abbey is a leadership coach and trainer who spent 13 years at Boeing designing and managing leaders...

What if the employee problem frustrating you isn't entirely an employee problem? When employees aren't performing, aren't engaged, or don't seem committed, it's easy for business owners to point outward. Meredith Bell suggests starting somewhere else: Look in the mirror. Meredith is President and Co-Founder of Grow Strong Leaders , a company she has built alongside her two...

Think your business needs more leads? You may be solving the wrong problem. Small business owners often assume growth requires more marketing, more advertising, and more leads. But what happens when those leads are being poured into a leaky bucket? Phil Risher says before spending another dollar generating leads, business owners need to understand what happens to the opportunities they already hav...

Are you the reason your business can't grow without working more hours? Many small business owners don't realize they're stuck. Revenue may be coming in, customers may be happy, and the company may even be growing—but the owner is still doing too much, making too many decisions, and filling every gap in the business. Mark Skalla has lived it. After building a successful digital agen...

What if your employee problem isn't actually an employee problem? Small business owners often say they can't find good people. But what if you already have talented people—and they're simply in the wrong roles? In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison talks with organizational strategist Michelle Kozin, Founder of Predictive Advisors, about using behavioral int...

Could your business run tomorrow if you didn't show up? For many small business owners, the answer is no. They're answering questions, solving problems, managing employees, making decisions, and holding together processes that exist mostly in their heads. Jennifer Ann Johnson learned firsthand why that has to change. Jennifer is a 25-year entrepreneur, professional speaker, author, and f...

What does it actually take to go from being an owner doing everything yourself to building a scalable business with multiple locations, employees, systems, and a leadership team? Jeff Gabelsberg, founder of Jolly Goat Garage Doors, knows because he's lived it. Jeff returns to Small Business Pivots to share what has happened since his previous appearances—including growing Jolly Goat Garage Do...

Why do so many businesses reach a point where growth slows down—even when the owner is working harder than ever? According to business consultant and entrepreneur Josh Post, the problem usually isn't effort. It's clarity. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with Josh to discuss why businesses become stuck, how leaders create meaningful change, and the...

What separates businesses that stay small from businesses that continue to grow? For Brittany Bradley, owner of The Brow Slayer Studio in Oklahoma City, it wasn't working harder—it was building better systems. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with Brittany to discuss how she transformed a growing service business by creating documented systems, improvin...

Growing your business sounds exciting—until it's time to hire. For many small business owners, payroll becomes the biggest obstacle to growth. Do you hire now and risk cash flow, or wait too long and become the bottleneck in your own business? In this episode of Small Business Pivots , host Michael D. Morrison sits down with entrepreneur Eric Tabone to discuss how growing businesses can build...

In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with leadership coach and manufacturing executive Greg Harrod to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing business owners today: building leaders instead of creating dependence. After more than 30 years in manufacturing leadership, Greg now helps business owners and executives develop stronger teams, improve communication...

Kevin Dias, founder of Ambiki and author of The Problem First Method , joins Small Business Pivots to explain why many businesses waste time, money, and energy solving the wrong problem. Kevin built Ambiki as a software platform for speech-language pathology private practices, helping teams with scheduling, billing, clinical documentation, and practice management. Through that journey, he discover...

Most entrepreneurs start their business doing everything themselves. Sales. Customer service. Accounting. Marketing. Operations. But eventually that becomes the very thing holding the business back. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with entrepreneur, software founder, and CEO Dean Mathews , creator of OnTheClock , to discuss the leadership shifts required to...

In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with entrepreneur, investor, and wealth strategist Steve Lawson to discuss one of the biggest misconceptions about building wealth—and why owning a business and investing in real estate continue to outperform traditional investing for long-term financial independence. Steve shares his journey from financial advisor to real es...

Most business owners are experts at their craft—but they've never been taught how to run a business. In this episode of Small Business Pivots, Michael D. Morrison sits down with business coach and author Rob Young to discuss the foundations every small business needs to grow, scale, and avoid becoming stuck. After spending years in executive leadership roles before leaving corporate America,...

Most entrepreneurs spend years building their businesses while unknowingly destroying their health. In this powerful episode of Small Business Pivots, Michael Morrison sits down with Justin Roethlingshoefer, founder of Own It Coaching and author of Holy Health, to discuss the hidden health crisis facing business owners, executives, and high-performing leaders. After battling obesity, anorexia, liv...

Many business owners spend years trying to solve the same problems over and over again. But what if those challenges aren't actually problems? In this episode of Small Business Pivots, Michael D. Morrison sits down with leadership experts Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth, co-founders of Missing Logic and authors of Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership. Together they...

Most business owners believe hustle is the answer. Work harder. Stay later. Handle everything yourself. But what happens when your business depends entirely on you? In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with Jay Adewole , executive coach, business consultant, founder of Point of View Consulting , and host of the Winner Circle Podcast , to unpack one of the bigges...

Most business owners think their team is the problem. But what if the real bottleneck is the leader? In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with Croft Edwards , leadership coach, ontological coach, author, and founder of Croft + Company , to talk about what leadership really is and why business owners must grow before their business can grow. Croft has coached lea...

Most business owners believe customers make rational buying decisions. They don’t. In this episode of Small Business Pivots , Michael D. Morrison sits down with Paul Larche, branding strategist, former business owner, and author of The Divided Brain , to break down why customers actually buy based on emotion first… and justify with logic later. If your marketing isn’t converting, your sales feel i...