Landmark continues to get bad press wherever it goes.
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In Europe there have been a number of negative press reports notably in France, England and the Netherlands.
Landmark is litigious, much like Scientology. It sues in an effort to silence critics.
For example, Landmark sued this Web site in an apparent effort to shut down this message board and remove news articles archived within the database.
That effort failed.
Landmark has since filed a motion to dismiss their own lawsuit rather than continue with discovery.
Wonder what they had to hide?
Large group awareness training (LGAT) like Landmark has a troubled history generally.
Note other groups with similar problems such as NXIVM, Impact, Lifespring, Asia Works, Sterling etc.
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Such trainings are popular in large part because people are looking for some sort of "quick fix," though many are not given enough information about the seminar before enrolling to make an informed decision.
Research has demonstrated that mass marathon training or LGATs are frequently problematic, most often due to their basic structure and dynamics.
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www.culteducation.com]
Critics of Landmark like Margaret Singer may have said that the organization is not a "cult," but have repeatedly pointed out aspects of coercive persuasion or "brainwashing" used by the company.
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www.culteducation.com]
There have also been breakdowns associated with Landmark and other LGATs.
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There is no peer-reviewed published research that demonstrates objectively any measurable results from LGATs including Landmark.
So despite nearing the "million" mark in participation and collecting copious cash from participants Landmark has never funded meaningful scientific research.
Instead, Landmark and other LGATs rely upon anecdotal stories and opinion polling, which is subjective.
LGATs are good at convincing participants they have recieved benefits from their programs. But such persuasion to affect subjective feelings is not the same as objective measurable results.
Landmark does claim it acheives such results, but has never proven this.
The issue of volunteer labor is interesting.
It is odd that a for-profit privately owned company relies upon free labor.
Landmark is not a charity or church, yet in this aspect and others it has the dynamics of one. That is, people donating their time to an organization much like they would the Salvation Army or the Catholic Church.
It almost makes Landmark seem like a religion.
In fact, Landmark is a philosophy not a "technology." And so much like religion people that "get it" have some sort of epiphany or conversion experience.
Again this fits well into the subjective realm without objective measurable results.
You believe therefore you are. The so-called "leap of faith."