The Business Coaching Process

Murat Dorkan is a graduate of Towson University and the American College of Financial Services with over two decades of experience as a financial consultant. Murat Dorkan recently served as the CEO of Dorkan Financial Group in Maryland, and he currently plans to shift his services beyond financial advising to include business coaching.

Business coaching is an ongoing process designed to help a client, such as a business or nonprofit organization, achieve their business goals. Coaching can be structured in different ways, such as individual or team based coaching, and focus on different goals, such as sales or teamwork. Coaching typically consists of ongoing meetings that progress through a structured, phase by phase process.

The business coaching process includes early startup phases such as contracting, information gathering, and feedback. These phases help define the coaching relationship and provide the coach with necessary information. Following the early phases, active coaching works toward defining and developing goals, followed by the implementation of a plan or plans to achieve these goals. Progress is re-assessed on a periodic basis to adjust the coaching program if necessary. Lastly, business coaching consists of an evaluation phase to assess the success of the program, where follow-up coaching is provided if desired by the client.

Five Time Winners of the US Open

 


As chief executive officer and owner of Dorkan Financial Group, Inc., Murat Dorkan spent 14 years as a professional coach and business and financial consultant serving clients in the Owings Mills, Maryland, region. In his leisure time, Murat Dorkan enjoys staying active by playing tennis at the Barehills Racquet Club in Baltimore and is a fan of the US Open.

Since 1968, when both professional and amateur players were welcomed at the event, a trio of men have managed to win five US Open championships. American Jimmy Connors was the first man to accomplish the feat, taking the 1974 US Open as one of three major tournaments won that year. Over the next four years he would bring his consecutive US Open finals streak to five, winning again in 1976 and 1978. After three successive semifinal exits, Connors reclaimed his US Open crown in 1982 and defended it in 1983.

Pete Sampras became the second man and second American player to win five US Open events. Sampras won the first of his 14 grand slam titles at the 1990 US Open. Between 1993 and 1996 he won three additional titles. Sampras would claim his fifth US Open title in 2002 over rival Andre Agassi following back-to-back defeats in the finals. Sampras announced his retirement from tennis a year later, making the 2002 US Open victory his final tournament.

More recently, Roger Federer of Switzerland joined Connors and Sampras with five US Open wins. Unlike the two Americans, Federer won his five titles between 2004 and 2008. He made a sixth straight appearance in a US Open final in 2009, but was defeated in five sets. He then contested five successive US Open events without a finals appearance before making a return, albeit a losing one, in 2015.