Tracks To Success

A podcast for every football fan - especially those who follow the NFL.  A podcast for every sports fan - especially those who stress the importance of physical fitness and peak performance.

Kraig Kann talks with Brett Fischer.  He’s the director of player health and performance for the NFL’s Detroit Lions.  He oversees every aspect of the team’s medical operation and runs his own business as well as founder and owner of the Fischer Performance Training and Rehab Center in Arizona. 

He’s worked with thousands of top professional athletes, helping them to become their best performing self and his story of success is one based on a seeing a dream and living out his “why.”

A vast array of topics including the importance of having faith and a belief in mentorship to truly achieve.  Plus, amazing insight into what it takes to reach and stay fit in arguably the toughest and most physically demanding sport in the world, 

Don’t miss it!

How important is your brand?  How big is the job of promoting and protecting the brands of many?  And a network’s reputation as well.  

Kraig Kann goes one-on-one with one of the biggest names in media consulting, communications and public relations.  You’ll meet LeslieAnne Wade, the former SVP at CBS Sports who broke ground as a female ascending to one of the most important roles in network television. 

Her journey from college to the bright spotlight managing news, names and major network sports events is a fascinating tale of networking and know how.  And then there is her story of entrepreneurship. 

If you want to build your own brand, this interview has more than enough to send you on your way to being recognized and respected and owning a brand you can be proud of.

He’s more than just a headhunter… he’s a pioneer in the executive search industry whose career took a big jump from the  corporate world to cornering the market in sports with the opportunity to lead the search for MLB’s commissioner.  

Kraig Kann talks with the CEO of Eastman & Beaudine…. Bob Beaudine.  He helps people land their dream job and he’ll help you too!  The king of executive leadership “matchmaking” in college and professional sports, Beaudine has his masterful fingerprint in the NBA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR and on and on.  Major colleges look to him and so, too, do corporations like Nike, ExxonMobile, AIG, FOX, NBC and others who’ve brought him in as a speaker.

His books “Two Chairs” and “The Power of WHO” have become best-sellers and life changers for many who seek to elevate their lives and their careers based on a network you didn’t know you had and the faith you need to lean on with more energy.

Want to know what lands you the best job?  How to nail your next big interview?  Need to know what makes a job a “must take” versus just another opportunity?  Join Kraig Kann as he talks straight with another in his long line of inspiring success stories.  

He went from the strings of a guitar in front of small audiences to the laces of dress shoes worn all across the globe.  And he's a leader who understands that success isn't a sprint, but instead a slow and steady walk.  And comfort is key.  

Johnston & Murphy president Danny Ewoldsen is Kraig Kann’s guest in a Tracks To Success episode that kicks off a new season and is sure to keep you entertained.  The focus is on a surprise rise that most - certainly Ewoldsen - never saw coming ... and how he's turned a brand built in 1850 on quality conservative dress into a brand that's constantly looking to advance and has found its way as a classy trend-setter for successful professional men everywhere.  

Ewoldsen joined the company in 2003 and Kraig weaves him through his professional journey that's had its share of pivots as he's climbed his way to the top.  He prides himself on being "fashionably early" when it comes to trends and his style of leadership is as cutting edge as the products worn by millions who tie their look, style and brand to that of J&M. 

So how DO you manage to stay ahead of the industry competition and carve a niche and how does that apply to professionals in their own careers?  Kann delivers a unique chat you don’t want to miss as Season III finds its footing! 

An 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 with the Memphis Grizzlies and a pandemic put her in line to succeed a legend at the only school she’d dreamed of coaching career.  

A trailblazer, a leader and a role model, Ivey tells Kann about the importance of personal legacy over professional victories,  the magnitude of her role in collegiate coaching, the pressures of the position and the job of mentoring future female leaders  in this inspiring episode of Tracks to Success.

He 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 talent includes assisting players in areas of mental success - a niche he carved for himself that set him apart from others.  Noah understands the importance of brand and shares advice on building it, molding it and holding onto it. 

Stops in Nee York, Vancouver and Minneapolis are just part of his professional basketball journey and his newest venture centers around a global build of soccer.

So how DO you manage superstars?  What’s it like to have the keys to a city’s sports franchise?  Croom goes deep with Kann in a unique chat you don’t want to miss and shares advice for those with dreams of a role in professional sports. 

Polished, 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 career that created lasting memories, the importance of a Tour win and the challenge of television after a family tragedy and a torn marriage.

Brandel addresses his fans, has words for his critics and shares the secret to his successful climb in a profession that is often unkind to even the best.  Kann pulls answers to the reason he doesn’t fraternize with players, the motivation for his books and lands the surprising answer to what might come next.

If you watch golf and know golf, you know of Brandel Chamblee.  But not like this!  So don’t miss a special golf focused edition of Tracks To Succes!

It 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 of the most impressive bachelors and bachelorettes, while also reliving some career highlights and the break that landed him in the enviable position to travel the world and spend his time amidst people looking for love and roses.

* Which bachelor and bachelorette have impressed him the most?  What's the perfect date for him?  Did you know he was on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire or Sabrina The Teenage Witch?  It's a tell all with Chris Harrison and it's a podcast episode you don’t want to miss!  

It'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 broadcasting, only to find his way into a lucrative position in marketing sales.  When his company hit the skids, he was off to the races in a new career as a brand expert.  But NONE of it was a plan he'd put into motion, it just happened.

Hear how he used his own career turn of events to turn his professional life completely around and how his network of followers has grown beyond anything he'd imagined.    

Plus, answers to questions like: What does LInkedIn actually think about his knowledge of the platform and how to put it into motion for professional gain?  What do people least understand about building their own brand?  And what's the first thing you should do the minute you stop listening to this edition of Tracks To Success?  You'll find out!

He'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 industry like nothing he's ever seen.

Swindell talks about life growing up in rural Georgia, fraternity days in college and how songwriting  for other big artists became his ticket to making a name for himself.

Nine number one singles… eleven number one singles as a songwriter … eight platinum singles …. numerous awards and a growing spotlight.

You'll hear how he preps before hitting the stage, what goes into the order of his playlist at a concert, who's made the biggest impact in his life and career ... and how much he loves sports.  Plus, who would HE pay to see perform and what is the one venue he’d most like to add to his tour?

This episode is hardly a "flatliner" ... "you should be here" and grab a listen to Kraig and Cole - you'll be a fan looking for his next big show!