How we work
OpenYourHotel is deployed at times when proximity leadership is leadership . Not as a standard service or fixed process, but as a temporary responsibility that matches the context, phase, and complexity of the organisation.
This page provides insight into the ways in which OpenYourHotel is typically used. The exact details are always tailored to the situation. What remains unchanged is the way we work: personally, responsibly, and focused on what will continue to function after the project is complete.
Interim Leadership
Temporary end responsibility within operations or management, focused on stability, continuity and clear decision-making.
This role is deployed when leadership is leadership absent, under pressure, or needs to be bridged. The responsibility is explicit and executive, with direct involvement in teams, desicion-making performance.
The assignment is always temporary and focused on transferability, so that the organisation can continue independently organisation .
This role is personally filled by Ingmar Sloothaak.
Operational Stabilization
Support when daily operations are operations pressure and calm, structure, and rhythm need to be restored within teams and processes.
The focus is on restoring clarity, reestablishing workable desicion-making creating a stable daily rhythm. No large-scale reorganizations, but targeted interventions that have a direct effect on collaboration, trust performance.
Operational stabilization is often used alongside interim leadership or as a standalone intervention in situations where speed and proximity are crucial.
Pre-opening and Transition Support
Guidance during pre-openings, re-openings, takeovers and brand transitions, with a focus on operational readiness and safeguarding continuity after handover.
This support focuses on making complexity manageable under time pressure. Structures, responsibilities, and communication are organized in such a way that teams trust start or continue working with trust during change.
The emphasis is on business continuity, clear division of roles, and a controlled transition to the next phase.
Owner and Board Support
Support at the intersection of ownership and operations vulnerable phases, such as acquisitions, repositioning, or leadership changes.
This role links investment objectives with operational reality. Where necessary, the role is advisory, where necessary executive, always with a focus on governance, risk management, and transferability.
Owner and Board Support is often combined with interim leadership or used as a temporary bridge between ownership and management.
How these services come together
In practice, the above forms are often combined. OpenYourHotel is rarely used for a single, clearly defined task, but rather for a coherent issue that requires overview, proximity, and execution power.
The commitment is always temporary, personal, and aimed at strengthening the organisation, not at creating dependency.
Closing
OpenYourHotel does not work with fixed packages, standard models, or promises about outcomes. Every assignment requires customization and context sensitivity.
What organizations can expect is clear accountability, commitment on the ground, and a focus on what will continue to work after the event.