Nichola Burton

Partner, The Pushworth Group and Owner, How Good Is This!

South Brisbane Area, Australia

Current
  • Owner at How Good Is This!
  • Owner at The Pushworth Group
  • Managing Director at The Pushworth Group
Past
  • Managing Director at Contractual Obligations Pty Ltd
  • Artist Management at This is Ground Control (Sole Proprietorship)
Education
  • The University of Queensland
  • Aus Music
  • Department of Vocational Training and Industrial Relations
  • Tafe Queensland
  • The University of Queensland
  • Qld Conservatorium of Music
  • Australian Music Education Board
  • Concourse of Wisdom
Connections
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Industry
Management Consulting
Websites

Nichola Burton’s Summary

As the founder of The Pushworth Group, the largest Entertainment Service Company in Queensland, I am responsible for the Service, Art and Education of all infrastructure, operations, systems and programs. I am the author and trainer of all Pushworth Service Packages for Hospitality, Corporate, Government, Private, and Retail, Community and Industry clients. The business of Performance is expression, freedom and creation. The performance of Business is order, system and form. As a qualified Front Line Manager and a Certified Trainer, I educate, faciliate and integrate a profitable synthesis of these two for every enterprise in a sustainable holistic responsibile fashion.

In my new enterprise, How Good Is This!, I provide personal and professional services to Individuals and Businesses in the facilitation of programs, seminars and one on one consultation sessions.

Nichola Burton’s Specialties:

System Analyst, Project Management, Training, Business Planning, Vision Questing, Life Action Planning, Professional and Personal Development Coaching Programming and Event Management


Nichola Burton’s Experience

  • Owner

    How Good Is This!

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 11 months)

    My work with clients over the past 16 years highlighted the pattern where they would either say, “How good is this?” OR “This is good how? From my studies in the Concourse of Wisdom, Universal and Natural Law I have designed programs that facilitate a polarity balance for work life challenges in alignment with each clients specific value system. My clients range from individuals, relationships and families, emerging and established businesses from Entertainment Agency, Recording Artists, Healing Practices, Teachers to Tertiary and Government departments.

  • Owner

    The Pushworth Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)

    July 1991Present (17 years 5 months)

    Artist Representation, Talent Recruitment, Event Production and Project Management for the Arts, Music and Entertainment Industries

  • Managing Director

    The Pushworth Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

    July 1991Present (17 years 5 months)

    I am responsible for the management of all HR and as such am the author and facilitator of all training programs, manuals, policies and procedures .
    I wrote, designed and formularized all functionality of our operational software, Aquarius and created the supportive training manual. It is a fully integrated program featuring Client Relationship Management database, comprehensive messaging facility, HR management; purchase orders and contracting, reporting, itineraries, reports, resource management, inventories, accounting for clients and company, accounts receivable and payable and bas and tax.
    Financial Control, Project Management, Marketing, Publicist, Business Planner
    I have also established our Enterprise Standard and through industry consultation have created our Industry specific Codes of Practice.

  • Managing Director

    Contractual Obligations Pty Ltd

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    July 1998November 2004 (6 years 5 months)

    Systems Design and Analyse. Company Administration and Management, Marketing and Business Planning. Training and Manual.

  • Artist Management

    This is Ground Control (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

    September 1996June 2001 (4 years 10 months)

    Artist Management, Publicist, Producer for Recording Touring Artists TAJA and LEXIE


Nichola Burton’s Education

  • The University of Queensland

    BA, Theology, 20022008

  • Aus Music

    Adv Dip, Music Industry Business, 20062007

  • Department of Vocational Training and Industrial Relations

    PEA Lic, Entertainment Industry - Private Employment Agent License Nominee, 19912007

  • Tafe Queensland

    Cert IV, Front Line Management, 20052006

  • The University of Queensland

    Cert IV, Workplace Training and Assessment, 20032003

  • Qld Conservatorium of Music

    Degree (Def), Music Education, 19791979

    Activities and Societies:
    Major Piano, Flute, Opera
  • Australian Music Education Board

    Grade Six, Piano and Music Theory, 19651978

    Activities and Societies:
    Qld Conservatorium Choir, Franciscan Performing Arts Group
  • Concourse of Wisdom

    Universal Law 2000

    Activities and Societies:
    Breakthrough Experience (0400, 0206, 0406, 0906)
    Relationship Myths Magic (0905)
    Prophecy (1105)
    Certified Trainers Course (1206)

Additional Information

Nichola Burton’s Websites:

Nichola Burton’s Interests:

Enterprise Standards, Operational Systems, Sustainable Business Modelling, Educational Programs for SME, Community Networks, Business and Life Coaching. Being a Student of Life. :-)

Nichola Burton’s Groups:

Australian Entertainment Industry Association, Q Music, Create Australia, Push the Earth Group, Seven Degrees, Concourse of the Earth Southern Hemisphere organisation, Dante Alighieri SocietyAustralasian Association of Professional Organizers Inc. (AAPO), Australian Association of Career Counsellors Inc (AACC), MEA Meetings and Events Australia, South West Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, Spirituality, Leadership and Management Network Australia, Women’s Network Australia

Nichola Burton’s Honors:

2008 - Nomination for the Telstra Business Women Awards. 2000 - Artists in my Management Stable perform at Sydney Olympics Festival to 60,000 people, 2002 – Artists in my Management Stable win a Queensland Sunnie Award for Song of the Year, 2002 – Artists in my Management Stable are selected to represent Queensland at the Australian Music Awards, 2003 – Aquarius only Fully Integrated Entertainment Industry Software Package in Australia, 2005 – Initiation of the First Entertainment Agency Traineeship in Australia


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