Success Leaves Clues: Ep288 - Why Culture Is Your Only Real Competitive Advantage with Ashlea Desroches, People & Culture Leader at Elastic Path

Success Leaves Clues with Robin Bailey and Al McDonald · 2026-04-02 · 37 min

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Psychological safety employee experience workplace culture leadership podcast Success Leaves Clues

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What if employee experience isn’t an HR initiative… but the system your entire business runs on? In this episode of Success Leaves Clues , Robin and Al sit down with Ashlea Desroches , People & Culture Leader at Elastic Path, to unpack a powerful shift in how organizations think about culture, performance, and leadership. Ashlea challenges the idea that employee experience is a “nice to have,” and reframes it as the true competitive advantage driving engagement, retention, customer experience, and ultimately, business results. From psychological safety and leadership behavior to pay transparency and growth-driven management, this conversation goes deep into what actually creates high-performing teams… and why most organizations are still getting it wrong. If you’re leading a team, scaling a company, or trying to build a culture people don’t want to leave, this episode will change how you think about performance, trust, and what it really takes to win.