Lynda Rees and Leslie Gillespie work together as part of ReeGill Human Systems. They have developed a unique team approach to coaching people and organizations to create successful and productive human relationship systems. Lynda and Leslie have a heart for creating opportunities for people to learn about how to develop responsive habits of connection in their human systems.
They are also part of The Relationship Collaborative, a group that is committed to being in relationship with each other and hold each other accountable as they learn and develop understandings and concepts about relationships. They continue to write and develop relationship theory as well as practical, usable and understandable ways of creating productive and satisfying human relationship systems for people and organizations.
Lynda Rees (RN, B.A., M.Sc.) has a wealth of training and experience in dealing with human systems and is very innovative in her approaches. Initially, Lynda trained as an RN, and specialized in mental health treatment in Toronto. She then received her Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Guelph. She has worked for over 25 years in her own business creating ways for human systems to make change. She has designed curriculum and taught courses about relationships, stress management, mind/body medicine, leadership training and team building. She is also a Certified Highlands Affiliate trained to offer organizations through the Highlands testing and program an opportunity to infuse corporate workers with a new sense of their skills and strengths and to propel managers and teams to higher levels of effectiveness and success. Lynda has worked with Not for Profit and For Profit organizations as a mentor/consultant, and also in a managerial capacity. She was also active as a member and board chair of an international health organization. She has experience in working with human systems in organizations, large family systems as well as individuals and couples.
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Leslie Gillespie (B.A.Sc., LL.B, M.Sc.) has survived and thrived many years of experience and expertise in the area of relationships. She first trained as a lawyer, specializing in Family Law and Mediation. She subsequently received a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Guelph. Also trained in Family Mediation, she administered and co led The Custody and Access Assessment Team, a multi- disciplinary team of social workers, therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists dedicated to offering a full spectrum approach to families in trouble. As a mediator, she again co-created and co practiced a unique team approach to mediation.
She has a very busy relationship coaching and therapy practice for 17 years and is in demand for her collaborative, unique way of helping human relationship systems make change. Leslie has worked in health care developing and implementing programs for women’s health, sleep challenges and mind/body connections, assessment and mediation team. She has established herself as a consultant for the Peel Board of Education in providing counseling and workshops to teachers and other staff in how to deal with stress, relationships as well as death and loss.
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Women are interested in leadership. The Simmons School of Management in Boston, MA and Hewlett Packard surveyed professional women about their views of power and leadership. It was found that “85% of women of colour and 75% of white women aspire to be influential leaders”. They also reported that women want to make a positive and constructive contribution to organizations, communities and society. In doing so women are redefining what leadership is about. They are more interested in models of leadership that are more collaborative and inclusive versus individualistic and hierarchical. They want to expand power through others rather than power over others.
