Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence

Tyler Smith has spent the past decade honing his skills in leadership development, conflict resolution, and team dynamics. After getting his degree in business management from Taylor University he moved back to his hometown of Rockford, Illinois where he has worked in marketing, restaurant management and church ministry. All along, his goal was to sharpen his skills and gain the experience necessary to help others thrive in their work, whether they lead a business or serve as a volunteer.

In 2021 Tyler formed his own consulting firm, Culture Craft Consulting, where he helps small businesses and nonprofits build and maintain healthy, highly effective teams and organizations. Tyler is a certified Enneagram and DISC coach and uses these amongst other personality profile tools to build empathy among teams and enable effective conflict resolution practices, leadership development and employee review processes. He holds firmly his belief that healthy teams are the most effective and valuable resource an organization can have, but healthy teams do not happen by accident: they are carefully and lovingly crafted.

Tyler's areas of skill include:

• Strategic action plan facilitation
• Board development
• Pre-planning (mission, core values and target market)
• Marketing
• Leadership development
• Communication for executives
• Strategic communication
• Presentation skills
• Product development
• Program development
• Collaboration
• Team building
• Organizational culture