Tracks To Success
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Kraig Kann, a veteran golf broadcaster and former C-Suite sports executive turned business entrepreneur, hosts the top podcast that brings you inspiring people and their inspiring success stories. How did they find their way to the top? How can their path help you do the same? As a speaker, consultant, author and leadership workshop facilitator himself, Kraig has a high energy fun chat with other top leaders and top personalities from all walks and all professions and gives his guests the platform to share untold stories about their rise up the ranks. On "Tracks to Success" you'll hear from big time names and names ready to hit the big time in a 5-star podcast you don't want to miss.
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Niele Ivey
November 23, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBAn amazing collegiate basketball star who’s jumped through hoops to reach a dream destination is the guest on this edition of Tracks To Success. Host Kraig Kann goes one-on-one with Niele Ivey, the boss of Notre Dame Women’s Basketball, and learns about a journey that took her to the final four, the WNBA and back to her alma mater. But along the way was a stop coaching the top stars in the NBA that might have been her biggest break and her true impact moment. Hear how a short stint wit...
Noah Croom
November 16, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBHe understands law and also order. And he’s been a leader of both organizations and a league itself. Noah Croom is Kraig Kann’s guest in a Tracks To Success episode that centers on what it took to land in the NBA’s league office and what it takes to lead not one but two teams as well. Croom has held legal counsel and also general manager roles in his years of NBA service. He’s also been a player agent at one of the most recognized firms in the game. His relationships with top NBA t...
Brandel Chamblee
November 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBPolished, popular and, without question, polarizing. And among golf’s top analysts, his personal drive to be the best is unrivaled. On this edition of Tracks To Success, you’ll meet Brandel Chamblee - a PGA TOUR winner, commentator and author who’s truly found his voice in the game after years playing it at the highest level. Chamblee opens up with Kraig Kann, who he sat beside for nearly a decade covering golf’s biggest global events. Uncovered are topics like childhood, a college car...
Chris Harrison
November 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIt might just be the most dramatic episode of Tracks To Success we’ve ever seen! Chris Harrison, host of the hit ABC reality series “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” joins Kraig Kann for a fun chat about a career journey that’s taken him on a ride he never envisioned. From childhood in Dallas, to college in Oklahoma, to local television and onto becoming the face of a franchise that has given him fame and fortune beyond his dreams. Chris and Kraig talk about the show itself, some o...
Gregg Burkhalter
October 26, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBIt's a brand new edition of Tracks To Success with a man who's found a second career and become an industry expert on the topic of BRAND. Personal and professional brand expert Gregg Burkhalter joins host Kraig Kann to discuss the career path that's led him to be a sought after speaker and coach in the area of digital brand marketing and become affectionately - and respectfully - known as "The LinkedIn Guy." Burkhalter grew up in Georgia with the dream of a long-time career in radio broadc...
Cole Swindell
October 19, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBHe's a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum hit entertainer who sold merchandise for other stars on the way to becoming a big hit himself. Country music star Cole Swindell's most recent tour is called “down to earth” which describes him as well. He goes in depth with host Kraig Kann on topics like selling t-shirts for Luke Bryan, making tee-times with other country songwriters who love golf like he does, and the reality of life on the road - before and during COVID which has impacted his ind...
Mil Cannon
October 12, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MBAs a little boy he took a picture that would frame his own success story. That photo helped turn this guest into a sought after star who shapes the images of celebrities and major corporations. In a Tracks To Success unlike any other, you’ll meet Mil Cannon, a director, producer, photographer and cinematographer to the stars. He shares his remarkable journey from a challenging childhood to the trusted image maker for the likes of Usher, Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Toni Braxton an...
Donna Orender
October 05, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBShe’s won games, built leagues, written books and formed her own company. Now, one of most influential people in sports has a new platform to help aspiring women of all ages. Donna Orender was born to lead and also inspire. You’ll hear it in her voice and learn it in the stories and experiences she shares about her career journey with host Kraig Kann. What does it mean to be a 5-star athlete who played 7 sports in one year?! What was it like to play professional basketball and then par...
Jim Wetherbee
September 28, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBOn this edition, we’ve found space for one of our country’s most decorated space heroes. Jim Wetherbee is a former naval officer, aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Perhaps most impressive is his distinction as a veteran of six space shuttle missions and the only American to have commanded five space flight missions. Wetherbee shares his own history with host Kraig Kann and they discuss a childhood that led him to Notre Dame, the U.S. Navy and then onto NASA. W...
Chris Pronger
September 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBHe’s one of hockey’s all-time greats and he’s got goals well beyond what he accomplished in a Hall of Fame NHL career. The former league MVP, Chris Pronger goes one on one with host Kraig Kann in this wide open conversation about what it took to reach hockey stardom and what motivates him now. What got him on the ice as a youngster? Why some NHL cities felt more like home than others, what the business of professional hockey can do to a family and why this superstar defenseman is so inspi...
Darren Rovell
September 14, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBIn a sports world that has truly become big business, this edition of Tracks To Success introduces you to the man who reports it like no other. Darren Rovell created his own career path and blazed a trail for others in the process. He landed a job at ESPN within a month of graduating college, convincing leaders that they needed news coverage they didn’t have and that he was the right man to do it. Now, he’s recognized as THE authority for sports business coverage. Rovell has been a ligh...
Colt Ford
September 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBHis drive toward big time notoriety in the music business includes professional golf. Host Kraig Kann chats up Colt Ford in this edition of Tracks To Success. His real name is Jason Brown - an athlete who had a love for music as well back in rural Georgia. Long before becoming Colt Ford, his parents taught him the importance of pride and passion that goes along with chasing a dream. Ford shares stories about his athletic accomplishments, the path he almost took to professional golf, and...
Glenn Lundy
August 31, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBA once broken man now an inspiration and an innovator joins host Kraig Kann on Tracks To Success. Meet Glenn Lundy, a man who won’t hide from a disappointing past that saw him living a life in bars and also behind bars, leading him down a path of self-distraction and ultimately a failed suicide attempt that actually turned him in a new direction. Today, Lundy has found a voice and a growing audience as an automotive industry leader and expert in sales. He travels, he speaks and he has de...
Nicole Lapin
August 24, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBHow does a woman who once struggled with her own finances become a must watch, must listen to expert in the field of money? Time to find out! Nicole Lapin is a high energy network anchor, best-selling author and business entrepreneur who’s credited with inspiring women (and men) to take control of their money and make the most of it. Now, she’s a guest with Kraig Kann on Tracks To Success. Her story is inspiring as she shares a story of rags to riches and a career she worked hard to make...
Joe Buck
August 17, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBHe’s certainly no “Ordinary Joe” and he’s become far more than just the son of a famous broadcasting father. Joe Buck, the voice of FOX Sports, sits down with host Kraig Kann to talk about the path he’s carved for himself, the love he has for his late father, and the passion he has for what he does. Buck addresses criticism he faces today and the scrutiny he faced along the way in following his father into the broadcast booth. What’s it like to call the big game? How did he audition to...
Dan Mullen
July 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBMore than a coach, he’s a CEO of a powerhouse brand who puts mentorship ahead of making it to bowl games. Dan Mullen’s ride through the ranks as a young assistant to a first time head coach to the head man of the Florida Gators gives you stories about small towns, small career steps and lessons about what’s really important in life. His candid chat with host Kraig Kann includes a telling tale about the importance of your second grade teacher and the value he puts on other people who have...
Jason Benetti
June 29, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBAnnouncing a sportscaster who’s ready to call the game of his own life. Host Kraig Kann spends time with the play-by-play man of the Chicago White Sox who capitalized on a childhood dream with passion and drive to achieve his goal and actually become the voice of his favorite hometown team. But for Jason Benetti, the path to a coveted MLB opportunity came with the challenge of accepting and overcoming cerebral palsy. He focused his game plan on becoming not only the best he could be, b...
John Feinstein
June 22, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBHe’s a sportswriter with strong opinion and one one of America’s best sports storytellers. Meet John Feinstein, who chats with host Kraig Kann in this edition of Tracks To Success and shares his journey to the Washington Post and his secret to finding his way to bookshelves with more than forty titles to his credit. The relationships he treasures, the sports he loves to cover, the reason he’s still finding new chapters to add to his amazing career are all a part of this candid conversati...
Duane Cummings
June 15, 2020 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBHe’s a born leader whose work in progress is a complete commitment to helping others. His name is Duane Cummings and this former military serviceman, turned pro athlete, turned pro coach, turned salesman, turned inspirational leader has made it his professional mission to serve and make others the best of themselves. Cummings boldly pivoted a professional soccer career into a life as an entrepreneur that quickly led to becoming a CEO, not once but twice! Host Kraig Kann chats with the man...
Pat McGann
June 08, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBHe’s a comedian who chuckles at his unexpected journey to notoriety. Pat McGann sold packaging. As he describes it, “not very well.” So he tried something else and his natural gift has turned into a second career that started at age 31 and shows no signs of a slowdown. Host Kraig Kann puts McGann’s story center stage - including his Chicago roots, his childhood ambition and the feeling of nerves and energy they comes with being on a stage working for the laughs and loud applause. McGann...
Pat McGann
June 08, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBHe’s a comedian who chuckles at his unexpected journey to notoriety. Pat McGann sold packaging. As he describes it, “not very well.” So he tried something else and his natural gift has turned into a second career that started at age 31 and shows no signs of a slowdown. Host Kraig Kann puts McGann’s story center stage - including his Chicago roots, his childhood ambition and the feeling of nerves and energy they comes with being on a stage working for the laughs and loud applause. McGann...
Molly Fletcher
June 01, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBHost Kraig Kann chats with one of the most requested leadership executives on the speaking circuit. And Molly Fletcher has plenty of things to share. Known as “the female Jerry Maguire,” Fletcher was a trailblazer as a sports agent, negotiating more than $500 million in contracts and representing names like John Stoltz, Tom Izzo, Doc Rivers, Erin Andrews and Matt Kuchar. Then, she made a big switch that didn’t come with a big game plan. Now, as the CEO of her own company, Fletcher is a e...
Ken Casey
May 25, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBIf you know music, you may know him. If you’re a movie buff, you might know one of his songs. If you’re from New England, chances are you know everything about him and his music! Kraig Kann chats with Ken Casey, founder and lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys - Boston born and Boston’s own. Casey shares the amazing story of how this Celtic punk rock band came to be, and the stories attached to his surprising rise to stardom. His love for the Boston Bruins, relationships with star athle...
Mark King
May 18, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBHe made a huge leadership mark with two well known global brands and then ventured into a space he wasn’t expecting. Host Kraig Kann goes one-on-one with Mark King, the CEO of Taco Bell since 2019 as Tracks To Success brings you a fast paced chat with a man who’s known for innovative marketing that includes a unique partnership with Kanye West that changed the industry rule book. From TaylorMade to Adidas and now to Taco Bell, King has stories to share about his climb and the people who’...
Charles Davis
May 11, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBIf you like football and you are hooked on both the NFL and the college game, you’ll enjoy an inside story on one of the game’s top broadcast personalities. Host Kraig Kann goes in depth with new CBS Sports NFL analyst Charles Davis. Davis, who also breaks down the game for NFL Network and is the co-host of EA Sports popular Madden NFL Football, shares details of his most recent career change from FOX to CBS and his unique journey to the NFL booth. Don’t miss this one! One of sports b...
Gina Lehe
May 04, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBHer passion for college athletics has led her up a career ladder that most men would dream of! Gina Lehe tells Kraig Kann all about her climb in this lively chat with the NCAA’s Managing Director of Brand & Strategy. Lehe kicked off her career with a communications role at a small college bowl game, which quickly led to bigger roles with the Fiesta Bowl, the Rose Bowl and then a dream opportunity as the first female hired in an executive leadership role for the College Football Playoff. N...
Robbie Gould
April 27, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBSo what exactly is the life of an NFL kicker? Kraig Kann finds out in this one on one chat with Robbie Gould of the reigning NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers. With Super Bowls and Pro Bowls on his resume, Gould has seen the league’s biggest stages and faced its greatest pressure moments. What’s it like to stare at the uprights with a city and franchise holding their collective breath? Gould shares his insight on the emotion tied to his job, the big business of big NFL contracts and the s...
Mike Mooney
April 20, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBHow much do you value your reputation? What price would you put on it? What would happen if it was damaged in the blink of an eye with one career or personal mistake? Host Kraig Kann chats with Mike Mooney - a former marketing and brand strategist in the world of motorsports who’s worked with drivers, teams and big league sponsors to position their brands for success. He’s now geared his career toward coaching, consulting and speaking on the topic of reputations and marketing yourself to...
Stephanie Abrams
April 13, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBOne of America’s top morning weather personalities, Stephanie Abrams, joins host Kraig Kann to talk about her rise to notoriety and the rainy days that accompanied her success. Energetic, entertaining and engaging, Abrams is a non-stop storyteller with a big following! The Weather Channel star shares tales about a visit to Space Camp, the impact of her father, having college degrees from both Florida AND Florida State, and responsibility to the viewer during severe and potentially tragic w...
Rob Cornilles
April 07, 2020 01:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBHost Kraig Kann goes one-on-one with Game Face Inc. CEO Rob Cornilles - one of the top sales coaching leaders in the world of sports. You'll hear how overcoming the odds of once selling a professional sports league product nobody was buying actually became his winning trademark, the key to his success, and the story behind becoming a man professional and collegiate sports organizations now turn to as a source of motivation and innovation. So what are the secret tips Rob's shared with with...
Mike Tirico
March 31, 2020 02:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBHost Kraig Kann sits down with NBC Sports host Mike Tirico for a candid talk about his path to the network, his humble beginning, how he got his break and how he tries to make a difference with the platform he's been given. His advice on finding your way to a dream is a can't miss listen.