Business Origin Stories for Entrepreneurs, Coaches, and Leaders
Business Origin Stories is the podcast for leadership, life, and business. This show features coaching calls and heart-to-heart conversations with successful entrepreneurs, leaders, authors, and experts.
Join your host, Amy Schutte, a business coach and brand strategist, as she dives into ways to create stand-out brands and aligned businesses through storytelling and proven business frameworks.
At its core, Business Origin Stories is a recognition that the stories we tell are our greatest currency.
Episodes
123 episodes
122: Divorce as a Business Deal: How to Leave a High-Conflict Partner Strategically with Divorce Strategist Courtney Harkness
Divorce is one of the most financially and emotionally high-stakes events in a person's life — but most people walk into it completely unprepared. In this episode, Amy sits down with Courtney Harkness, a divorce strategist who helps successful ...
121: What Great Leaders Know About Themselves with Jason Daily
What happens when leadership growth becomes less about gaining skills and more about understanding yourself?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Jason Daily, founder of Anchored Leadership, shares the experiences and leader...
120: The Second Act: Helping Women Return to Work with Confidence
What happens when life takes you away from the workforce for nearly two decades?For Heather Nemelka, that question became the foundation for a mission that is now helping women, career changers, and workforce returners rediscover ...
119: The Courage to Realign: Tucker Branham on Values, Leadership, and Designing a Life That Fits
What happens when the life you've built no longer aligns with who you are?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Tucker Branham shares how his unconventional journey shaped a career dedicated to helping individuals and organi...
118: The Founder-to-CEO Transition: Leadership Lessons for Growing Marketing Agencies with Dan Newman
What if the biggest obstacle to scaling your agency is not your marketing strategy, but your leadership systems?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Amy sits down with Dan Newman, founder of Learn to Scale, to talk about th...
117: From Performance to Service: Executive Presence, Leadership Communication, and Confidence with Katya Davydova
What if executive presence has less to do with performance and more to do with service?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Amy sits down with Katya Davydova, leadership coach, facilitator, and communication expert, to expl...
116: Leadership Under Pressure: David Fivecoat on Battlefield Lessons, Grit, and Decisive Leadership
What changes when leadership decisions carry real consequences?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with David Fivecoat, a former U.S. A...
115: Legacy Is a Verb: Rethinking Philanthropy, Wealth, and Giving with Elena Fracchia
Most people don’t struggle with the desire to give. They struggle with knowing how.In this episode, Elena Fracchia shares what she has learned working across nonprofit management, fundraising, and wealth strategy. After seeing bot...
114: Build Leaders Before You Need Them: Why Mentorship Can’t Wait with Randy Hain
Most companies wait too long to develop their next generation of leaders.In this episode, Amy sits down with Randy Hain, executive coach, author, and founder of Serving Partners, to talk about the gap most organizations ignore: in...
113: Why the Entry-Level Hiring Playbook Is Broken and How to Help Young Professionals Land Jobs in Today’s Market with Chris Greene
The path from college to career is not working the way it used to.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, the founder of YoPro shares what he’s seeing firsthand after working with more than 70 young professionals trying to lan...
112: Conscious Leadership: Why High Achievers Must Slow Down to Lead Better with Claudia Beck
What happens when the traits that made you successful start working against you?In this episode, Claudia Beck, founder of Better Together Group, shares her journey from a 30-year corporate career to coaching senior executives on c...
111: Time, Money, and Freedom: Building a Business That Actually Fits Your Life with Carrie Veatch
What if the number you’re chasing in business isn’t actually the number you need?In this episode, Amy sits down with Carrie Veatch, who helps entrepreneurs build time, location, and financial freedom in a way that is grounded in t...
110: Take Back 10–30% of Your Time: Removing the Drama and Trauma of People Management with Neil Katz
Most leaders don’t think about HR until something breaks. But by then, it’s already costing time, energy, and momentum.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Neil Katz shares how his fractional HR firm helps companies remove the ope...
109: AI Readiness Over Hype: Why 90% of AI Projects Fail and How to Get It Right with Matt Murphy
AI is no longer optional. But rushing into it may be the most expensive mistake your business can make.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Matt Murphy shares what he’s learned from deploying AI inside real companies and wh...
108: From CEO to Zen Coach: Peter Corbett on Identity, Exit, and Sustainable Well-Being
Many founders imagine that selling their company will be the finish line. But for many leaders, the exit is actually the beginning of a new identity crisis.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Amy Schutte sits down with ...
107: A Leadership Framework for Fixing Broken Organizations with Mark McFatridge
When a leader walks into a struggling organization, the instinct is often to fix things fast. But Mark McFatridge learned early in his career that real turnaround work begins with listening.After earning his first bank president r...
106: Julie Jakopic on Worthiness, Joy, and Leading Without Living in Crisis
What happens when leaders measure their value by how busy they are?For many nonprofit and government leaders, the pressure to respond to every crisis becomes a badge of honor. The calendar fills up, the phone never stops, and the mission...
105: Find Your Frequency: How to Cut Through the Noise Without Copying Anyone Else with Macy Robison
If you’ve ever looked around online and thought, “What’s working for everyone else, and why doesn’t it work for me?” this episode is for you.In this conversation, Amy sits down with Macy Robison, a longtime friend from the StoryBr...
104: When Survival Leadership Stops Working with Traci Phillips
When the old leadership model stops working, most leaders assume the problem is external. The market. The team. The generation. The culture.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Amy Schutte sits down with Traci Philips, foun...
103: Beyond Palatable: Sophie Jane Lee on Women, Voice, Visibility, and the Courage to Take Up Space
What happens when women are taught to be palatable instead of powerful?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with Sophie Jane Lee, CEO and founder of Electric Peach, to talk about her debu...
102: Leadership, Money, and Identity Shifts: Executive Coach Steve Smith on Navigating Hard Business Seasons
What happens when the business gets hard and there’s nowhere to hide?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with executive coach Steve Smith for a grounded, honest conversation about leadership when comfort zon...
101: Why Leadership Training Fails (and How to Fix It): Healthcare Executive Keith Repko on Building Strong Managers
Leadership problems rarely start at the top. They start in the middle.In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with Keith Repko, a former healthcare executive who spent decades leading one of the largest VA medical...
100:Escaping the Urgent Trap: How Leaders Reclaim Time, Focus, and Humanity with Frederick Buskey
What if the real leadership crisis isn’t burnout — but never having time to work on what truly matters?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with Frederick Buskey, a former assistant principal turn...
99: Fertile Business, Identity Shifts, and Intuitive Leadership: Creating Sustainable Abundance with Olivier Egli
What if the way we work is the very thing that’s breaking us—and what if there’s another way?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I’m joined by Olivier Egli, a business guide who stands at the intersection of le...
98: Family Business Therapy: How to Fix Friction, Build Resilience, and Grow Without Burning It All Down (with Scott Gingold)
What happens when family, business, legacy, and pressure collide?In this episode of Business Origin Stories, I sit down with Scott Gingold, a self-described family business therapist who helps founders, owners, and multi-generational co...