FOUNDATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
FOR VISIONARY FOUNDERS
Unlock clarity, structure, and momentum with a Fractional Integrator who helps you build a service business that runs smoothly, without running you.
THE OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS THAT STALL GROWTH
Execution Depends on the Founder
Leadership teams make good decisions, but follow-through breaks down. Meetings happen, priorities are set, and then execution drifts. The issue isn’t strategy, it’s the absence of a system that enforces decisions consistently.
Structure Hasn’t Kept Up With Size
As teams and revenue grow, informal systems stop working. Roles blur, accountability weakens, and priorities compete. Without clear structure, the organization expends more effort for less output.
Plans Don’t Survive the Week
In many growing companies, progress still runs through the founder. Decisions, prioritization, and problem-solving stay centralized, which limits scale and puts unnecessary pressure on leadership. Until execution is owned beyond the founder, growth remains fragile.
These are execution problems, not vision problems. They don’t resolve themselves, and they don’t get fixed with better planning alone.
That’s where a Fractional Integrator makes the difference.
SERVICES
Fractional Integrator (Core Service)
Most founders don’t need coaching. They need operational leadership they don’t have to hire full-time. Groundwork acts as a Fractional Integrator, embedded in your business to drive execution, alignment, and follow-through. We run the operating system of the company: setting priorities, enforcing accountability, and making sure decisions turn into results. This role exists to remove the founder as the bottleneck, stabilize the leadership team, and create consistent execution across the organization. We are accountable for traction, not just advice.
Organizational Clarity & Accountability
As companies grow, roles blur, decisions slow down, and responsibility becomes shared, which usually means owned by no one. We design and implement clear accountability structures so everyone knows their role, their authority, and how success is measured. This includes accountability charts, role clarity, leadership expectations, and meeting cadence. The outcome is a leadership team that stops debating ownership and starts delivering results.
Systems, Data, and Operational Discipline
Growth magnifies weak systems. Disconnected software, unreliable data, and manual workarounds quietly drain capacity. We evaluate your operational and reporting systems, simplify where possible, and build discipline around a small set of trusted metrics. The goal is not more tools, it’s clarity. Leadership should be able to see the state of the business quickly, make decisions with confidence, and hold teams accountable using real data.
Strategic Planning & Execution Support
Planning only works if it changes behavior after the meeting ends. We support leadership teams through annual and quarterly planning, priority setting, and execution follow-through. That includes clarifying what matters now, aligning resources to priorities, and maintaining traction week after week. Strategy becomes useful when it creates focus, tradeoffs, and momentum, not binders on a shelf.
Daryn Visscher
Principal, Groundwork Consulting
I partner with founders who are ready to scale as a team. I bring a structured, systems-driven approach to help you lead with confidence—without burning out.
HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED
1. Schedule a Discovery Call: Start with a short call to determine whether your situation matches how Groundwork works. We’ll talk through what’s breaking down, what you’ve tried, and whether a Fractional Integrator is the right solution. This is about fit on both sides: not a sales pitch.
2. Get a Clear Recommendation: If there’s a fit, you’ll receive a clear recommendation on what needs to change, where to start, and what level of support is required. Sometimes that means working together. Sometimes it doesn’t. Either way, you’ll leave with clarity, not vague advice.
3. Engage and Move Forward If we decide to proceed, we formalize the engagement and get to work. That means embedding into the business, aligning the leadership team, and driving execution against agreed priorities. No long onboarding runway: traction starts immediately.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Groundwork Consulting helps growing businesses turn complexity into clarity. We build the systems, structure, and accountability needed to support sustainable growth, without adding unnecessary layers or overhead.
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We work best with visionary owners of small-to-mid-sized businesses, often in trades or operationally complex industries who’ve outgrown “doing it all themselves” but aren’t ready for a full-time executive hire.
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Most consultants advise. We implement.
Groundwork Consulting doesn’t just recommend improvements, we help design them, roll them out, and make sure they actually stick. Think of us as the bridge between strategy and execution.
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Yes. We commonly work within proven EOS-style principles, but we’re flexible. The goal isn’t to force your business into a box, it’s to build a structure that fits how you actually operate.
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We work on an annual retainer model. Some engagements are front-loaded to tackle immediate priorities, but our focus is long-term, multi-year stability, building systems and leadership that hold up as your business grows.
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Clear ownership and accountability
Fewer bottlenecks and fires
Better decision-making through data
More confident leadership
And most importantly: more breathing room for the owner
LET’S WORK TOGETHER
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