Bringing strategic leadership and operational excellence to public sector challenges
A groundline anchors systems to their foundation, clarifies what matters, and brings the wider landscape into view. That’s also what we do.
We help organizations untangle complex challenges and build strategies and systems that actually work to improve people’s lives. Our work is backed by decades of strategy and operational experience across government, nonprofit, and academic sectors.
Services
We help organizations design strategies and systems to better serve people.
- We help you get clear on what you’re trying to accomplish and build strategies that lead to results by:
- Designing and facilitating strategic and annual planning
- Strengthening governance and decision-making structures
- Applying practical, evidence-based approaches to change
- Supporting emergency planning before or during a crisis
- We work with your team to map, strengthen, and redesign the systems that drive impact by:
- Advising on program design and scaling opportunities
- Assessing program performance
- Analyzing stubborn program challenges and identifying actionable options
- We help you build momentum, remove roadblocks, and move ideas from concept to action by:
- Guiding collaborative problem-solving sessions
- Engaging stakeholders and building alignment across teams
- We help tell your story clearly so people understand your work and get behind it by:
- Facilitating idea generation and structuring early drafts
- Developing content for strategic and executive-level documents
- Advising on effective, responsible use of generative AI in writing
- Delivering training on writing for social impact audiences
- Providing one-on-one support for complex documents or high-stakes communications
Partner Feedback & Results
Trusted by government and nonprofit leaders to bring clarity, strengthen systems, and deliver results.
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Articles
Podcasts
- Leadership Presence & Mental Resilience, Leadership During Crisis, University of Pittsburgh, 2018 (Producer)
- The Case for Crisis Planning, Leadership During Crisis, University of Pittsburgh, 2018 (Producer)
- Community Leaders in the California Wildfires, Leadership During Crisis, University of Pittsburgh, 2017 (Producer)
Government Publications
- FEMA Publication 1, 2019. (Editor)
- Program Review of the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) System, 2012. (Author)
Let's Connect
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Lindsey Anderson, Founder
Groundline’s Story: Experience-Backed Perspective.
I founded Groundline Strategy after two decades in public sector leadership. Over my career, I learned that my strongest contribution was helping my teams deliver on our good intentions through clear strategy and effective operating systems.
I saw firsthand how sentiment alone doesn’t improve people’s lives—leaders must clearly define what they’re trying to achieve and build systems that can make those outcomes possible.
Groundline Strategy helps government and nonprofit leaders do exactly that. We help organizations test their strategies against real-world terrain and build the clarity and confidence to strengthen their operating models for greater impact.
Learn more about my background on LinkedIn.