{"podcast":{"title":"Business Roundtable","slug":"business-roundtable-6744681","podcast_index_feed_id":6744681,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6049255/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://stewardyourbusiness.com/brp/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3b3e2d5f9e44715282e740e87164c70d.jpg","author":"Steward Your Business","episode_count":157,"summary":"Welcome to the Business Roundtable Podcast , hosted by David Carr of Steward Your Business. This engaging and informative podcast series is dedicated to helping business owners, and entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of running a successful enterprise. Each episode features David Carr and a roster of industry experts, including regular contributors like Curtis Cochran, who bring their wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, organizational health, and team building. Dive into discussions that cover a broad range of topics essential to business growth and sustainability. From strategic planning and preparation to understanding the cycles of business ownership, the podcast provides invaluable insights into evaluating, enhancing, and exiting business ownership. Listeners can expect practical advice on scaling businesses, managing finances, and creating a culture that aligns with company goals. What sets this podcast apart is its focus on actionable strategies combined with real-world experiences. The conversations often delve into the importance of providing more value than the dollars earned and the necessity of adaptability in a rapidly changing business landscape. Wh…","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T00:18:17.510322+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-roundtable-6744681"},"episode":{"title":"What Employees Really Want Isn't a Raise","slug":"what-employees-really-want-isn-t-a-raise","published_at":"2026-07-03T19:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-roundtable-6744681/what-employees-really-want-isn-t-a-raise","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-roundtable-6744681","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-employees-really-want-isn-t-a-raise--72540435","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72540435/2026520_brp_larry_salazar.mp3","summary":"When a great employee leaves, most leaders assume it was about pay. Larry Salazar has the data to argue otherwise. The single largest contributor to the financial stress that drives turnover is housing, and almost no employer is doing anything about it. Larry is the President and co-founder of NestSTEPS, a platform that turns home ownership into an employee benefit. In this conversation with David Carr he makes the business case: replacing an employee costs 50 to 200 percent of their salary, housing eats roughly a third of household spending, and financially stressed employees lose about 9 percent of their work time to money worries. He shares the personal story behind NestSTEPS, leaving a company he loved because he could not figure out how to buy his first home nearby, and what a national study revealed: 78 percent of employees would switch employers for a home ownership benefit, and 89 percent would stay even after receiving help. Then he walks through exactly how the program works, from a financial wellness platform to live workshops to an employer funded contribution at closing, and how smaller companies can offer it through a PEO. You will walk away rethinking what really keeps your best people, and what benefit could set your business apart. Connect with Larry Salazar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrysalazar/ NestSTEPS: https://www.neststepsbenefits.com Sign up for Larry's newsletter: https://bit.ly/3OAGcp8 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/business-roundtable--6049255/support . Connect with Steward Your Business: Book a Leadership Clarity Call: https://calendar.stewardyourbusiness.com/cc Call: +1 909.404.9865 Website: https://stewardyourbusiness.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwcarr Watch more episo…","meta_description":"When a great employee leaves, most leaders assume it was about pay. Larry Salazar has the data to argue otherwise. The single largest contributor to the f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2318,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/business-roundtable-6744681/episodes/what-employees-really-want-isn-t-a-raise/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-roundtable-6744681/what-employees-really-want-isn-t-a-raise.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}