CLARITY | CAPABILITY | RESULTS
Executive Coach | Leadership Advisor |
Organizational Strategist
Ready to lead with clarity >
and deliver results that last?
CLARITY | CAPABILITY | RESULTS
Executive Coach | Leadership Advisor | Organizational Strategist
Ready to lead with clarity >
and deliver results that last?
Past Clients Worked At
Ricardo Perugini, Chief Commercial Officer at Baker Hughes
“In just 2 months, Armin transformed how I show up as a leader. Within a year I stepped into a global executive role, tripled my team from 45 people in 2 countries to 150 across 24 countries, and scaled operations to 30,000+ transactions/year.”
How We Work Together
Momentum For
Leaders Roadmap
Accelerating Growth Through Behavioral Science, Quality Feedback, And Expert Support
Why Work With Armin?
See how we’ve made a difference for our clients.
I really enjoy Armin's style of coaching because it is similar to a Socratic method of dialogue in which he would ask me pointed questions about my career and life goals that would stimulate deeper thinking in me and draw out ideas and thoughts about how I saw myself as a leader, rather than him imposing his own ideas about how my leadership qualities. He's a great listener and has a wide breadth of knowledge about organizational leadership. Last spring, I had the opportunity to take a course he taught on leadership. His teaching style and course format was very effective, and I still employ many of the lessons we covered in my daily project management tasks.
Dr. Pajand's research on Adaptive Leadership has been instrumental in transforming how executives navigate complexity. As a Master Certified Coach and thought leader, he combines rigorous research with practical application. His coaching helps executives move from decision paralysis to unstoppable momentum. His expertise in executive development is world-class. Highly recommend.
Working with Armin has been a pivotal part of my growth as an entrepreneur. He helped me shift from an operational, day-to-day mindset to a truly strategic long-term perspective. Through his balanced mix of deep listening, sharp business insight, and thoughtful questions, Armin pushed me to think bigger, make clearer decisions, and pursue opportunities with confidence. With Armin’s guidance, I successfully expanded my company into two new states/territories and achieved 34% revenue growth, all while staying disciplined with a cash-flow-based model. I’m a stronger leader today because of his coaching, and I highly recommend him to any founder or executive looking to elevate both their mindset and their results.
Armin is a trusted thought partner. With the first 90 days my key stakeholders noticed observable results, including sharper strategic clarity, stronger alignment across my leadership team, and more effective communication with the Board. His twelve-month senior executive coaching program helped me build adaptability through significant change and led to lasting behavioral shifts that continue to shape how I lead and how our organization performs.
Armin is a wonderful coach with direct candid actionable feedback, proactive in anticipating challenges and potential solutions. He is quick to recommend exercises to spot strengths and weaknesses, on-the-spot role play and counter role play, excellent communication aids to bridge gaps. He digs deep to find intrinsic motivators to help accomplish goals and get clarity.
Armin's powerful change management tools and methods helped me master stakeholder engagement across our nationwide mission. What set Armin apart was that he provided me with actionable frameworks for leading through ambiguity in a large-scale nonprofit. Within months, I gained confidence to drive strategic initiatives and align diverse stakeholders. I highly recommend Armin for leaders facing complex change in mission-critical environments.
Over the past five years, I’ve had the privilege of working with Armin as my coach. His guidance has been instrumental in helping me refine my leadership approach—how I lead change, activate teams, and partner with other leaders across large, complex organizations and geographies. Through our work together, I’ve become more intentional in managing stakeholders, sustaining influence, and aligning my leadership style to drive measurable business outcomes and greater impact at scale. Armin’s insight, challenge, and partnership have been key to my growth.
Armin’s coaching was truly transformational. His Adaptive Leadership Framework helped me navigate a high-stakes transition, align my team through organizational change, and overcome decision paralysis. I was able to directly apply what I learned after every session. His curriculum is highly applicable. Within six months, engagement rose significantly and we exceeded our performance goals. I highly recommend Armin for any leader facing complex or rapidly evolving challenges.
In just 2 months, Armin transformed how I show up as a leader. I built true executive presence, learned to navigate complex, multi-layered organizational dynamics, and fast-tracked my promotion. Within a year I stepped into a global executive role, tripled my team from 45 people in 2 countries to 150 across 24 countries, scaled operations to 30,000+ transactions/year with KPIs, and equipped my direct reports with the same tools to lead at a higher level.
"40-50% of executives underperform within 18 months of a job transition—not from lack of skill, but from failing to navigate complexity. I've worked with Armin and have seen why he is different. Armin is skilled at isolating the 2–3 behaviors that matter most, and you start noticing results in 90 days—whether you're making high-stakes decisions, driving strategic change, or leading through uncertainty. Armin gives you cutting-edge tools, evidence-based practices, and measurable impact."
Achieve goals
97%
Goals met through coaching.
Build momentum
≈90 days
Stakeholder-visible progress.
Accelerate promotion
1.89×
Higher promotion rate vs. company average.
Increase engagement
+25 pts
Lift in employee engagement following change interventions
Our Packages
The Offers Designed For You
Options designed to match your goals, timeline, and the results you’re aiming for.
Meet Your Coach
Deep diagnosis. Stakeholder-visible change. Results that hold
Armin Pajand
ARMIN PAJAND, MCC is a Houston-based executive coach and leadership advisor who helps senior leaders and Fortune 500 executives build the adaptive capacity to perform in complex, fast-changing environments. A former head of leadership and executive development within Fortune 500 settings, Armin blends behavioral science with pragmatic execution—so insight turns into sustained behavior change.
He is the founder of Momentum For Leaders and the creator of AdaptX™, two science-backed, AI-enabled executive coaching systems designed at accelerating leadership transition, succession planning and career advancement.
Armin developed AdaptX™ as a direct response to a critical effectiveness gap in the industry. Recognizing that traditional coaching often fails to create lasting behavioral change, he built a system designed to close the gap between insight and action. Over the past 20 years, his work has supported more than 1,500 executives across industries and geographies, including engagements with organizations such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, Meta, Cisco, Salesforce, Pfizer, ExxonMobil, and NASA.
His multi-industry experience and academic research give him a unique vantage point and enable him to equip his clients with the latest evidence-based practices and advice. His insights on leadership development and adaptive leadership have been featured in Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, and The Globe and Mail.
Armin teaches executive education and Adaptive Leadership through the LBJ School’s Governor’s Center for Management Development at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as an advisory board member with University of California, Irvine Continuing Education.
He holds an MSc in Organizational Development from HEC Paris and the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Human Resources Development from Texas A&M University.
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If you’re reading this and thinking,
“I need a partner who understands what it takes to deliver results through people,”
then we’re aligned. I support leaders who want durable traction—strategic clarity, smoother transitions, and measurable movement.
The next step is straightforward: we’ll isolate the highest-impact levers and build a focused plan that fits the realities of your role.