{"id":1315,"date":"2012-04-09T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2012-02-01T20:02:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T02:02:23","slug":"robert-cornish-on-training-and-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/robert-cornish-on-training-and-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Cornish on Training and Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Would you advise coaches to pursue certification?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I did as soon as I could, through I haven\u2019t surveyed my clients to see if my certification influenced their hiring me. 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