PROTECT CONTINUITY
Your hotel cannot wait for its next permanent leader.
Discuss the situation, the mandate required and the preferred start period. You will quickly receive clarity on fit, availability and the most workable form of engagement.
Up to 45 minutes. Directly with Ingmar. Confidential and without obligation.
Assignments completed for organisations including:
OPENYOURHOTEL
Calm in leadership. Control in operations.
EXPERIENCE
25+ years Hospitality
LEVEL
GM · MD · Operations Director
REACH
Netherlands and Central Europe
LEADERSHIP CONTINUITY
Continuity when standing still is not an option.
Interim leadership can be the right response when a departure, transition or acute pressure threatens decision making and operational stability.
The precise role is shaped around the situation: interim general management, operations leadership or a clearly defined transition mandate.
INTERIM LEADERSHIP WITH LASTING VALUE
More than temporary cover.
A strong interim assignment does more than keep the hotel running. It leaves the organisation demonstrably stronger.
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Decisiveness
Clear decision authority and escalation lines.
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Management rhytm
A reliable management and reporting rhythm.
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Progress
Visible progress on overdue or stalled priorities.
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Continuity
Protection of guest experience and team stability.
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Risk control
Rapid control of operational, financial and compliance risks.
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Handover
Preparation and transfer to the permanent leader.
THE FIRST WEEKS
What needs to happen immediately.
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Authority, meeting structure, critical risks and daily management are clarified immediately. The team knows who decides, what takes priority and how issues are followed through.
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The review goes beyond reports. It includes the hotel floor, guest feedback, team dynamics, current projects, financial variances and critical dependencies.
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No long list of isolated actions. The focus is on the issues with the greatest effect on guest experience, employees, control and performance.
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Daily and weekly routines are designed so that decisions, actions, owners and deadlines remain visible.
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From day one, the organisation is made transferable, with current information, clearly defined risks and a realistic first agenda for the permanent successor.
CONTROL AND HANDOVER
What ownership can expect.
The exact deliverables follow the agreed assignment. They always make progress, risk, ownership and transferability visible.
MANDATE AND ENGAGEMENT
An assignment shaped around urgency and context.
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Interim General Management
Full temporary responsibility for hotel operations, the team, guest experience and performance within the agreed mandate.
Interim Operations Leadership
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Transition Leadership
Focused reinforcement of operational leadership when the General Manager remains in place, but capacity, structure or implementation strength is insufficient.
A defined assignment around an opening, repositioning, change of operator, management handover or performance recovery.
Scope, presence on site, reporting line and decision authority are agreed explicitly in advance.
SENIOR OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Experienced enough to see clearly. Practical enough to act immediately.
Ingmar Sloothaak combines more than 25 years of hospitality experience with hands on interim leadership.
His experience spans commercial, operational, general management and regional responsibilities, including openings, multi property environments and complex transitions.
“Eerst stabiliteit. Dan structuur. Vervolgens groei.”
INGMAR SLOOTHAAK | FOUNDER OPENYOURHOTEL
PRAKTISCHE VRAGEN
Duidelijkheid vóór de start
De opdracht begint pas wanneer scope, mandaat, rapportagelijn en verwachtingen helder zijn.
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Dat hangt af van beschikbaarheid, locatie en benodigde inzet. Bij urgente situaties kan de eerste intake en risico-inschatting vaak snel worden georganiseerd. De startdatum wordt pas bevestigd na overeenstemming over scope en mandaat.
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Niet noodzakelijk. Interim leadership kan volledige tijdelijke eindverantwoordelijkheid betekenen, maar ook een versterkende operationsrol naast een aanwezige GM of directie.
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Door vanaf de start duidelijk te communiceren over doel, mandaat, prioriteiten en duur. Zichtbaarheid en voorspelbare besluitvorming verminderen onzekerheid.
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Ja. De interim opdracht kan de operatie stabiliseren terwijl ownership of een searchpartner de permanente leider selecteert. OpenYourHotel kan input geven op het gewenste leiderschapsprofiel zonder de onafhankelijkheid van het wervingsproces over te nemen.
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Compact en besluitgericht: wat is veranderd, waarom, welk risico vraagt aandacht, welke actie loopt,wie is eigenaar en welk besluit is nodig.
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Een beter bestuurbare organisatie met heldere prioriteiten, actueel inzicht in risico’s en performance, een werkbaar managementritme en een onderbouwde overdracht aan de permanente leider. De exacte oplevering wordt vooraf gekoppeld aan scope, mandaat en succescriteria.
BESCHERM DE CONTINUITEIT
Bescherm vandaag de continuïteit. Bouw tegelijk aan wat daarna nodig is.
Maximaal 45 minuten · rechtstreeks met Ingmar · vertrouwelijk en zonder verplichting