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Leadership by Major-General Lewis MacKenzie (ret.) Ten Practical Steps to Effective Leadership Lew MacKenzie avoids the theory and gets into the practical applications of leadership. Rigorously tested in the field, these proven techniques can be applied to the business world where your people are your most valuable resource. |
 The widely televised, outspoken MacKenzie achieved unprecedented peacekeeping success in 1992 when against all odds, side-stepping normal channels, he opened the airport at Sarajevo, thereby permitting the daily delivery of 250 - 300 tons of desperately needed food and medicine. His advice and counsel has been widely sought ever since by leaders of government, institutions and industry. |
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MAJOR GENERAL (RET'D) LEWIS MACKENZIE MSC, CD.
A Truro, Nova Scotia native, Major-General Lewis MacKenzie spent thirty-three years in the military, serving nine years in Germany with NATO forces, not to mention his nine peacekeeping tours in six different mission areas -- the Gaza strip, Cyprus, Vietnam, Cairo, Central America and Sarajevo.
In 1990 General MacKenzie was appointed the Commander of the United Nations Observer Mission in Central America and in 1992 he was appointed the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia. In May of 1992 he created and assumed command of Sector Sarajevo and, in spite of the war, with a contingent of troops from 31 nations, managed to open the Sarajevo airport for the delivery of humanitarian aid. As a result, General MacKenzie became the only member of the Canadian Forces to be awarded a second Meritorious Service Cross.
General MacKenzie retired from the Canadian Forces in March 1993. His book, "Peacekeeper, Road to Sarajevo", a personal account of his peacekeeping experiences, became a number one best seller in September, 1993. A two-hour documentary, "A Soldier’s Peace," based on the book, has aired in over 60 countries and won a New York Film Festival award in 1996.
General MacKenzie is active in motor sport having won National and Provincial titles, including the 1995 and 1996 National Championship for B Class Formula Fords. He currently competes in the Canadian Championship for GT cars.
General MacKenzie was made an Honorary Chief of the Metro Toronto Police Force in July, 1993. He holds Honorary Doctorates from St. Francis Xavier, Acadia and St. Mary’s Universities. General MacKenzie is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Canadian Federation of Aids Research, a member of the Advisory Board of Canadian Special Olympics, and a member of the Board of the Parkinson Foundation of Canada.
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