Louise Emerson, the Director of Take the Current Ltd, has held senior leadership/CEO roles in the heritage, arts and cultural sector for more than 20 years, ranging from Museums (Natural History Museum, London) and exhibitions (Canterbury Museum, NZ) through to festivals (Cheltenham Festivals; Belfast Literary Festival; City Dance, NI) and the performing arts (Crescent Arts Centre).
Louise works with organisations to create their strategies and help them plan and use their assets in the most effective way. Louise is skilled at working with groups to create and develop ideas, reach consensus on organisational purpose or help focus and prioritise. She speaks at conferences, leads workshops and works with the National Heritage Lottery Fund in supporting organisations with applications and delivery.
Past clients have benefited from her ability to understand the whole organisation, develop turn round and growth strategies and implement significant change. She has a strong record in growing income through commercial activities (retail, catering, licensing, events, hire, touring etc) as well as through patronage, membership programmes and capital developments.
Louise is an accredited Coach & Mentor (senior practitioner level - EMCC) and has a strong interest in people and the power of coaching to create high performing teams and individuals, which goes hand in hand with the transformation of organisations.
Coaching: NHS Leadership and Talent programmes, O2 Telefonica, Heritage, Museums, Arts and Co-coaching sessions - Association for Coaching.
Mentoring: Arts Marketing Association, Creative and Arts sectors, Museums Universities of London (Goldsmiths), Kingston, Leeds and Warwick.
Her senior management experience combined with her training as an Electronics Engineer gives her an analytical as well as a creative approach to guide new ways of seeing.
Coaching offers a platform to step away from the relentless pace of business and take some time and space to explore possibilities, crack through issues and put yourself in a better position to achieve your goals.
“The past 18 months have been the most transformative period of my career. ”
“Working with Louise was incredibly beneficial. She brings a wealth of experience and listens. She reached in and found the gold nuggets I needed to see; to move forward and grow.”
