Andy Loignon, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

Current Role

As a Senior Research Scientist at CCL, Andy Loignon leads projects that lie at the intersection of leadership and teams. For example, his research has considered how influence is claimed or granted and the effects of boundary spanning. As a principal investigator, he has also led the conceptualization and development of our HiFi Conversation Analytics™ system, which leverages advances in data science to provide leaders with behavioral-focused and actionable feedback to facilitate their development.

Experience

Andy has over a decade of experience working as an organizational scientist identifying data-driven solutions that help companies address some of their most pressing challenges while also advancing existing research on important topics.

His research has been published in top-tier, peer review journals including The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Organizational Research Methods. His work has also been featured in popular press outlets, like Forbes.com and BigThink.com.

Andy is also currently serving on the editorial board of the Journal of Business and Psychology and is an Associate Editor at The Leadership Quarterly.

Educational Background

Andy has a PhD in Organizational Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, an MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Baltimore, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Southern Maine.

Professional Affiliations and Certifications

Andy is a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Academy of Management (AOM).

Areas of Expertise

Analytics Belonging Influence Networks Work Groups & Teams

Collective Leadership
Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
Research Design and Analysis Methods

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Insights From Andy

Article

How Leaders Can Build Psychological Safety at Work

Psychological safety at work can be assessed and enhanced — ultimately leading to a change in your culture that drives collaboration and innovation. Learn key steps for boosting psychological safety in your organization.

Article

Active Listening Techniques: Best Practices for Leaders

You don't have to be a coach to use these 6 active listening techniques. Go beyond active listening and truly listen to understand, turning a casual chat into a coaching conversation.

Webinar

You Can’t Develop What You Can’t Measure: How AI & Conversation Data Reveals What Senior Leaders Actually Do

Watch this webinar to learn how we integrated AI and human expertise into a senior leadership program, and see what a human-in-the-loop assessment model looks like in practice.

Research From Andy

Journal Publication

A Meta-Analysis of the Dynamism of Emergent States and Team Processes

Explore how teams evolve over time and gain new insights into the dynamic relationships between teamwork, performance, and development.

Journal Publication

More Money Than Him, More Conflict for Her: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Partner Pay Gap, Work–Family Conflict, and Well-Being

This research explores how differences in earnings between partners shape work-family conflict, revealing that larger pay gaps are linked to higher work-family strain for women, but not for men.

Research Paper

From Leading at Home to Leading at Work: Examining Household Labor, Gendered Perceptions of Fairness, and Leadership Outcomes

Leadership decisions don’t start at work, they start at home. Drawing on 2 studies, this research shows how household labor and perceptions of fairness shape work-family conflict, leadership motivation, and concerns about stepping into leadership roles.

Andy in the News

News

CCL Thought Leaders Share Expertise in the New ATD Leadership Handbook

CCL staff have contributed insights to the second edition of ATD’s Leadership Handbook examining the competencies, attributes, practices, and challenges shaping leadership today.

Honor

CCL Researchers Present at 2026 Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology Conference

CCL researchers Andy Loignon, Diane Bergeron, and Sirish Shrestha presented leadership research insights at the 2026 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) annual conference.

Honor

CCL Researchers Present at 2025 Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology Conference

CCL researchers presented on several topics at the 2025 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) annual conference.

Featured in Other Publications

Navigating the Top 3 Crucial Tensions of Leadership

By Andy Loignon in collaboration with ExecOnline for Talent Management on the crucial leadership tensions.

Why Successful Leaders Are Wary of the “Too Much Talent Effect”

By Andy Loignon in Big Think on the impact of the "Too Much Talent effect" on teams.

Are Your Leaders Too Burned Out to Learn? How To Improve Leaders’ Wellbeing

Authored by Dr. Paige Graham and Dr. Andy Loignon, in partnership with ExecOnline, on addressing burnout and improving leaders' wellbeing, in Training Industry.

CCL Researcher Andy Loignon Coauthors Publication on Class-Based Home Working Environments

In this study published in Group & Organization Management, Andy Loignon and coauthors discuss how working from home creates new avenues by which social class divisions can emerge.