This document provides biographical information about John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. It notes that he was the youngest president elected and the first Catholic president. It discusses some of his major accomplishments, including navigating the Cuban Missile Crisis and increasing funding for NASA. Kennedy played an influential role in revolutionizing American politics and advocating for civil rights. The document also examines Kennedy's leadership qualities and influence on modern presidential politics, such as popularizing the self-selected presidential candidate and linking presidential campaigns to celebrity.

1. JOHN KENNEDY
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2. Why we choose this particular Leader?
John Kennedy was born in an elite, politically involved Catholic family of Boston.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States at the age of 43 by defeating
Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon to become the president of the
United State.,
He remains famous for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the Alliance
for Progress and his own assassination.
He was the youngest President elected and the first Roman Catholic to hold the prestigious
office. Kennedy is known to have played an influential role in revolutionizing American
politics.
He was also an active advocate of civil rights in America.
Kennedy is more widely recognized because of his foreign policy accomplishments.
His handling of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 is lauded by historians as perhaps his
greatest achievement, as he calmly helped avoid a nuclear war with the Soviet Union,
according to The Atlantic.

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Kennedy also played a crucial role in significantly increasing the funding for
NASA in the 1960s, as he recognized that gaining supremacy in spaceflight over
the Soviet Union would help preserve the national security of the United States.
A quote by Kennedy, ‘Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men’,
perfectly summarizes his philosophy of life.

4. What makes him good Leader?
 Here are three ways Kennedy's influence is still being felt in presidential politics:
1. The Self-Selected Candidate:
Kennedy ushered in an era of successful presidential candidates who weren't
anointed by the party establishment — they chose to put themselves forward as
presidential candidates. After Kennedy's 1960 run, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan,
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all followed his model of elbowing aside other
candidates with seemingly more claim to their party's nomination.
2. The Candidate as Rock Star:
Long before Obama, it was Kennedy who first embodied both Hollywood-like celebrity
and charisma in a presidential candidate. Indeed, JFK was first to link presidential politics
to Hollywood in a big way, only to be followed in that by Reagan and Obama. Kennedy's
personal star power helped him win the 1960 Democratic nomination.

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3. The Tolerance Speech:
Kennedy pioneered the political use of a speech to address broad
concerns about a candidate being from a racial, ethnic or religious
minority. He made his most famous speech on the issue in September
1960 before the Houston Ministerial Association.

6. How you class can develop leadership quality?
This JFK snapshot provides 3 lessons for today’s leaders.
1. Unify and Inspire People:
Great leaders inspire people to rally around a cause that’s bigger than themselves. This is the
reason your organization’s mission and vision are so important. They must translate beyond
the financial performance of the organization. They must inspire people to show up every
day and give their best. This is how top-performing organizations drive accountability.
Does your firm’s mission give your team something to cheer for?
• 2. Challenge Your Team:
America started from a position well behind the Russians with the odds stacked heavily
against it. In casting his high risk/high reward vision, JFK surrendered day-to-day decision-
making, effectively motivating his colleagues to solve their own problems. Owning the
outcome forged commitment and drove peer accountability.
Is everyone committed? Does everyone know what is expected of them to help us win?

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3. Make Your Challenge Public:
Public commitments drive personal and organizational accountability. JFK made
public his vision of beating the Russians to the moon. And he held NASA
accountable for winning the race. For people of strong character, falling short is
an embarrassment – perhaps the most undesirable of consequences.
Are the people on your team capable of overcoming incredible challenges? If not,
what – or who – is holding them back?