BOSS Business Ownership Simplified for Success

BOSS provides online resources and guidance for business owners so they can grow their business faster and make more money today and the day they sell it.

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Founder & CEO | Small Business Coach

Small Business Pivots Podcast

Tired of fluff-filled business advice? Small Business Pivots delivers raw, honest conversations with entrepreneurs, content creators, and industry experts who’ve made bold pivots to grow—whether to six figures, seven, or simply the next stage of success.

Hosted by nationally recognized small business coach and BOSS founder Michael Morrison, this show shares the unfiltered stories, mindset shifts, and behind-the-scenes strategies that help real business owners overcome burnout, build momentum, and grow a business that works—without working themselves into the ground.

With over 100 episodes, Small Business Pivots is a trusted resource for small business owners who are serious about growth. From the early struggles to the key turning points, you’ll walk away with practical tools, honest encouragement, and actionable insight every week.

Want to visit with our host, Michael Morrison, about business coaching services for your small business? Go here: https://www.michaeldmorrison.com/consultation

Podcast Host

Michael D Morrison Enterprises

Michael D Morrison Enterprises provides 1:1 business coaching, leadership, and personal development for small business owners and leaders. 

Working with Michael D Morrison Enterprises, you will have a trusted partner with 20 plus years of entrepreneurial experience that will support you and help you navigate through the difficult seasons of owning a business. We share systems and processes that help you work "on" the business and not "in" the business so that you can grow a profitable business. 

Michael D Morrison Enterprises provides products, services, keynote speaking, tools and resources that inspire people to achieve their wildest dreams in business and in life.

Are you ready to reduce your stress and grow your business? Let's get started.

- “You need a coach! Michael Morrison is that guy. I can attest to his character, fortitude and that his systems work. With the measurable improvements we have seen in a short amount of time, hiring him may very well be the best business decision we've made since opening over 5 years ago!” 

Brent Todd, CEO

Specialties include guidance, coaching, speaking, marketing, culture building, leadership, foundations, strategies, sales, and support.

Comtech Design Print & Mail

Comtech is a strategic marketing partner for organizations looking to grow and retain their current business! Comtech offers a careful balance of creativity, strategy and practicality.

Comtech helps clients make smart marketing decisions for their business. We know how to break through the noise. We're in the business of breakthroughs.

Since 1999, Comtech has supplied a broad class of services to thousands of clients including but not limited to: graphic design, printing services, direct mail services and a wide array of online marketing services and strategies.

Founder & CEO | Entrepreneur 

Sooner Mailing Service

IT, Database Specialist, Database Management,  Database Processing, Client Retention, Direct Marketing, Management

Database Specialist | Marketing Strategist

I help small business owners who are working hard and not getting anywhere | I help them increase sales, improve cash flow, and build the right team to succeed | Small business specialist | Small business coach

Let's Grow Your Business!

Tired of feeling like your business is stuck? Not sure what to do next?

You’re working harder than ever, but you're not getting anywhere. Sound familiar?

I’ve been there. I’ve built businesses, made big mistakes, and learned what actually moves the needle.

Now, I help small business owners break through the frustration—whether that means securing the right business loan or building a strategy that actually works with business coaching.

💡 What I Do:
I work with small business owners who want to grow but aren’t sure how. Sometimes, that means securing the right business loan. Other times, it’s about strategy, systems, and business coaching. Most of the time, it’s both.

🚀 Why It Works:
I don’t believe in cookie-cutter advice. Every business is different, and I take the time to understand your goals before jumping to solutions. It’s not just about getting funding—it’s about making sure that funding actually helps your business grow.

👋 Who I Work With:
Business owners who want to scale but feel stuck.
Entrepreneurs who need cash flow but aren’t sure where to start.
Anyone who wants an honest, practical conversation about business growth.

📩 Let’s talk. Tell me what’s holding your business back, and I’ll share the best next step—whether it’s with me or another resource that makes sense for you.

📞 Book a Growth Call: https://calendly.com/businessownershipsimplified/30min
🌍 Website: businessownershipsimplified.com
📧 Email: michael@michaeldmorrison.com

Michael Morrison

Love's Travel Stops

Leading IT Retail Support and Process Improvement at Love's with a focus on automation and efficiency-creation in Store Technology, as well as partnering across the company to find opportunities that scale IT at the growth of business.

Sr Manager - IT Process Improvement

Thornton Professional Services, LLC

A professional consultancy providing planning, strategy and business process services, using software and automation to find and build efficiencies - working to optimize and scale resources, with the critical piece being value creation.

Manager

Paycom

With this $25B HR and Payroll SaaS company, I oversaw a team of 5 direct reports, 60 operations professionals, including managers, supervisors and business analysts. 

I was hired by the COO to establish, deploy, and lead full-scale organizational transformation, championing up to 40-member team to create a robust process improvement department within a $3M budget, impacting 5.5K staff with an in-house Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ROI Program. 

Here, I optimized the company’s Operations Division strategy, vision, planning, and execution by creating and translating the long-term company strategy into smaller, actionable strategic objectives and goals, while driving operational excellence and efficiency across the organization.  Ignited a team to proactively identify, rank, solve and create efficiencies while driving strategic planning with concrete roadmaps and strategic objectives and succession plans.

A few of my recent milestones include:

➡️ Saved $42.5M in Process Improvement Team’s first year, fostering large efficiency gains by driving a ROI Program my team developed to show concrete efficiency gains.
➡️ Fueled 3-year ROI of $12+M and counting. Stood up Robotics Process Automation Team that utilized UiPath as the development tool.
➡️ Transformed deflated workforce without strategic plans and objectives into empowered, unified team by formulating department roles, competencies, and career paths.  Recruited, hired, and trained team, nurturing culture of mentorship, excellence, and pride.
➡️ Ignited passion for processes and efficiencies, then established model for other departments to follow to continue this mission still in use today. 
➡️ Enabled teams to multiply amount of work produced via motivation of personal accountability and ownership by fostering trust-based leadership approach. 
➡️ Cut time and costs for Service Department transactional processes, enabling client teams to better service their staff by elevating client-facing consultation time.

Director of Process Improvement

Infosys Consulting

As a Senior Principal of the Consulting arm of Infosys, Ltd, the $75B global technology company, I spearheaded multimillion-dollar global client SAP & Oracle software implementations, as well as process improvement engagements for U.S. and international companies.

I guided the consultant team from project conception through delivery; outlined project scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and attained defined timelines and budget constraints.

A few accomplishments from this role included:

** Built strong relationships with large client portfolio, including large public and private organizations, including Microsoft, LexisNexis, and British Petroleum.

➡️ Negotiated multimillion-dollar deals, including staffing and cost modeling, contract development and negotiation, and delivered full-scale project management throughout entire engagement.
➡️ Served as Change, Communications & Training Lead for CRM and SAP implementations in addition to regular project load with multiple, competing priorities and deadlines.
➡️ Developed new and maintained client base, outlined project scope, requirements, budgets, timelines, and led delivery of integrations, training, and support post implementation.
➡️ Built Center of Excellence for change management business processes for sales team use of implemented CRM.
➡️ Drove efficiency; devised policies and procedures, training materials, and communicated training for new process.

Sr. Principal

Devon Energy

As an IT Manager with this $47B Fortune 500 independent oil and natural gas company, I oversaw the daily IT Infrastructure Operations Team, supporting desktop hardware and application management of 7K users across US and Canada to strengthen operational efficiency and business delivery functions.  I cultivated high-performing IT teams by leveraging key strengths and mentoring individuals towards accountability. 
A few accomplishments from this role included:
➡️ Transformed firm to IT field support environment primed for rapid business growth and system implementations. 
➡️ Designed, developed, and deployed integrated change management, communications, and training program––charged with full suite deployment of SAP.
➡️ Structured proactive process for IT support via acquisition and divestiture activities, streamlining workstreams and efficiencies. Solidified full suite of training and process documents, transitioning to new function leader.
➡️ Led 60+ member teams to deliver results within timelines and budgets with enterprise-wide system implementation.
➡️ Generated company ROI during turbulent A&D periods to scale business growth and capabilities. 
➡️ Fostered robust team to produce seamless technology integrations during acquisitions and divestiture activities.
➡️ Led a team of up to 60 direct reports, which included contractors and employees. Responsible for user integration of a 20+ module deployment of SAP for Devon by working with integration consultants and contract trainers to plan, design, develop and deploy an integrated change, comms and training program for an enterprise-wide deployment of SAP.

Managed team of up to 60 direct reports, which included contractors and employees. Responsible for user integration of a 20+ module deployment of SAP for Devon by working with integration consultants and contract trainers to plan, design, develop and deploy an integrated change, comms

IT Manager - Applications, Endpoint Computing & Mobility

Responsible for software engagements, developing client base for each project, as well as staffing, and leading a group of consultants on each engagement.

IBM purchased PwC Consulting in 2004 and I transitioned to IBM Consulting Services.  Led/Coached ten consultants, as well as a mentor to project team members. Significant practice development, consulting and project management skills have been acquired by working with and leading teams through all project phases.

Sr. Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Implemented enterprise Oracle and SAP client engagements across multiple sectors, including oil & gas and automotive.

Sr. Consultant

FarmPro

Led all financial aspects and strategy of a $10M construction company; led effort to successfully update accounting and operations software.

Corporate Controller

For four (4) years, led district-level departments for General Ledger; Payroll; Information Services; Accounts Payable, as well as budget responsibilities as GL Supervisor; For two (2) years, managed Payroll department for the UPS Corporate Office.

Payroll Manager & General Ledger Supervisor

Known as a servant leader of process improvement and automation, I employ strategic operational analysis and planning while leading teams using a motivational and collaborative style to execute on goals in digital transformation, high-growth companies that need to scale IT at the speed of business without all the headcount adds.  30+ years of experience delivering results both in consulting and the client-side globally. 

If people were to describe me, they would say that I am a detailed, strategy first collaborative senior leader, with deep business process design knowledge and global software implementation experience, using relationships  and innovation to solve problems.  I champion process improvement with teams in robotic process automation, while realigning talent to leverage their key strengths. 

Leader – Change Agent – Growth-Driven

My strategy entails solidifying trust and high standards by introducing teams to ‘The Ways of Working’ to identify current position and action-driven strategies for success. I systematically determine best practices and cultivate and encourage robust team input, mentoring, and collaboration through championing democratic process to build trust. 

As a change agent, I aim to build models with carefully constructed back-up plans focused on critical tasks in software development and process improvement, spearheading reliable processes and optimizing efficiency while gauging redundancies.

Employing a growth-driven focus, I have a track record of fostering multimillion-dollar savings while promoting significant return on investment and tackling complex issues with zest, tenacity, and perseverance.

𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘

●	Automation
●	Strategic Planning/Execution
●	People Development 
●	Program/Project Management 
●	End-User Experience 
●	Business Analysis
●	Process Improvement
●	Performance Measurement 
●	Operational Excellence 
●	Financial Management 
●	PMO Leadership 
●	Change Management 
●	Budget Management

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦 

My focus is to drive consistent stellar performance like:

✅ Saved $42M+ in Process Improvement Team’s first year, fostering large efficiency gains by driving the ROI Program.

✅ Fueled 3-year ROI of $12M; Orchestrated Robotics Process Automation Team.

✅ Transformed workforce without strategic plans and objectives into empowered, unified teams by formulating department planning roles, competencies, and career paths mapped to company strategic objectives, plans and goals.

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