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Landmark Education
Type	Private LLC
Founded	January 1991
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA
Key people	Harry Rosenberg: Director;[1] CEO Mick Leavitt: President; Director Steven Zaffron: Director;[2] CEO, Landmark Education Business Development (LEBD) Art Schreiber: General Counsel; Chairman, BOD; Director[2] Joan Rosenberg: Vice President, Centers Division; Director Nancy Zapolski: Vice President, Course Development Laurel Scheaf: Director;[2] Landmark Forum Leader Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Landmark_Education_logo2. ... The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways—first, referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations; and second, referring to ownership of the companys stock by a relatively small number of holders who do not trade the stock publicly. ... This article is about a U.S.-specific corporate form; for a general discussion of entities with limited liability, see corporation. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... San Francisco redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Mick Leavitt (1959 - ), also known as Michael Leavitt[1] is the President[2] of Landmark Education, LLC, as well as a member of its Board of Directors[3]. He is also a Theatrical producer in Chicago, Illinois. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Sanford Robbins: Director[2] Brian Regnier: Course Designer[3]
Industry	self-help, self-improvement, personal development, management consulting, continuing education
Products	The Landmark Forum, associated coursework
Revenue	▲8.6% to USD$76 million (2005)[4]
Employees	more than 450 employees (2006); 650 trained leaders, some of whom volunteer their time;[5] 7,500 students in Assisting Program (1998)[6]
Subsidiaries	The Vanto Group (formerly Landmark Education Business Development or LEBD, from 1993-2007) Landmark Education International, Inc.[7] Tekniko Licensing Corporation Rancord Company, Ltd.
Website	Landmark Education homepage

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Landmark Education had its origins in the purchase of the intellectual property of Werner Erhard and Associates (WEA), a successor to the est Training, and since its founding in 1991 has developed other courses.^{[citation needed]} For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ... Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and precessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Large Group Awareness Training. ...

Landmark Education aims its courses primarily at individuals. Its subsidiary the Vanto Group (formerly Landmark Education Business Development, or LEBD, from 1993-2007), markets and delivers training and consulting to organizations. Landmark Education's subsidiary Tekniko Licensing Corporation licenses Landmark Education's material to management-consulting firms.

Corporation

Landmark Education's Charter refers to the organization as "a global enterprise whose purpose is to empower and enable people and organizations to generate and fulfill new possibilities. We create and provide programs, services, and paradigms that produce extraordinary results for our customers."^[8]

Landmark Education claims over one million people have taken part in its introductory program, the Landmark Forum, since 1991.^[9] It has compiled a text entitled "Independent Research, Case Studies, and Surveys" devoted to its courses on its corporate website,^[10]and trains its own course instructors intensively in Landmark's pedagogy (also known internally as "technology"). Pedagogy (IPA: ) , the art or science of being a teacher, generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction[1]. The word comes from the Ancient Greek (paidagōgeō; from (child) and (lead)): literally, to lead the child”. In Ancient Greece, was (usually) a slave who supervised the...

Landmark Education regards the precise content of its courses as copyrighted material, but provides a course syllabus for the Landmark Forum on their public website.^[11] Not to be confused with copywriting. ...

Structure and financials

Landmark Education LLC operates as an employee-owned for-profit private company. According to Landmark Education's fact sheet, its employees own all the stock of the corporation,^[12] with no individual holding more than 3%. The company states that it operates in such a way as to invest its surpluses into making its programs, initiatives and services more widely available.^[13] The shareholders elect a Board of Directors^[2] annually. A list of executive officers appears in the box above. Employee-owned corporations are corporations owned in whole or in part by their employees. ... A for-profit organization is an organization whose primary objective is the generation of profit. ... The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways—first, referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations; and second, referring to ownership of the companys stock by a relatively small number of holders who do not trade the stock publicly. ... For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... While Executive officer literally refers to a person responsible for the performance of duties involved in running an organization, the exact meaning of the role is highly variable, depending on the organization. ...

As of 2005, Landmark Education claimed that 70,000 to 80,000 people took the Landmark Forum annually, and around 50,000 take other courses offered.^[14] 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As of 2006 Landmark Education maintained 52 offices in 21 countries,^[15] with more than half of its offices in North America. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... North American redirects here. ...

Figures published by Landmark Education and other sources, show the growth patterns in the approximate cumulative numbers of people attending the Landmark Forum, the number of offices maintained, and the number of countries in which Landmark Education maintained offices:

Landmark Education reported revenues of $70 million for 2004;^[19] $76 million in 2005^[20]. In 1997, Landmark had 451 employees, 7,500 volunteers in the United States alone, spent $13 million on employee salaries and bonuses, spent $4 million on travel, and made a profit of $2.5 million.^[6] 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Subsidiaries

Landmark Education's subsidiaries include the Vanto Group (formerly known as Landmark Education Business Development or LEBD from 1993-2007), and Tekniko Licensing Corporation.

History

Landmark Education, known from May 7, 1991^[7] to February 26, 2003^[21] as "Landmark Education Corporation (LEC)", purchased^[22] certain rights to a presentation known as The Forum from Werner Erhard and Associates (WEA, the corporate successor of Erhard Seminars Training — est or EST). The new owners, including^{[citation needed]} former staff of WEA, renamed the course The Landmark Forum, and shortened the four-day, two-weekend WEA "Forum" to three full days. Landmark Education also inherited other WEA courses. The group of people who purchased the rights registered themselves initially as Transnational Education, as The Centers Network, and (in Japan) as Rancord Company, Ltd.. Incorporation as "Landmark Education Corporation" (LEC) took place later in 1991. In February 2003, Landmark Education LLC succeeded LEC.^[23] The coursework and pedagogy of WEA evolved from est/Erhard Seminars Training, founded by Werner Erhard in 1971. According to Landmark Education, Werner Erhard consults from time to time with its "Research and Design team".^[24] Erhard's younger brother (Harry Rosenberg) works as Landmark Education's Chief Executive Officer, and their sister (Joan Rosenberg) serves as the Vice President of Landmark Education's Centers Division. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and precessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Large Group Awareness Training. ... Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and predecessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and predecessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and predecessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... Pedagogy (IPA: ) , the art or science of being a teacher, generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction[1]. The word comes from the Ancient Greek (paidagōgeō; from (child) and (lead)): literally, to lead the child”. In Ancient Greece, was (usually) a slave who supervised the... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Large Group Awareness Training. ... Werner Hans Erhard (born John “Jack” Paul Rosenberg on September 5, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), [11] became arguably best known to the general public for the programs he set up: the “est Training” (1971 – 1981) and the “Forum” (1981 – 1991). ... Werner Hans Erhard (born John “Jack” Paul Rosenberg on September 5, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), [11] became arguably best known to the general public for the programs he set up: the “est Training” (1971 – 1981) and the “Forum” (1981 – 1991). ...

According to statements made by Landmark Education CEO Harry Rosenberg in 2001:

...Erhard [in 1991] kept the Mexican and Japanese branches of the operation...Last year, [2000] Landmark had revenues of $58 million, and ... the company has bought outright Erhard's license and his rights to Japan and Mexico.^[25]

The prior president and registered agent of Werner Erhard and Associates,^[26] (Art Schreiber), functions as Landmark Education's General Counsel and Chairman of the Landmark Education Board of Directors. Art Schreiber also functioned as Werner Erhard's attorney.^[27] Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to est and precessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www. ... A General Counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. ...

The Vanto Group (formerly "Landmark Education Business Development or LEBD," from 1993-2007)

The Vanto Group, founded in 1993 as "Landmark Education Business Development", utilizes the "technology" of Landmark Education in providing consulting services to various companies. The University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business carried out a case study (the date of which is unknown) into the work of the Vanto Group (at the time known as "Landmark Education Business Development", or "LEBD") at BHP New Zealand Steel. The report concluded that the set of interventions in the organization produced a 50% improvement in safety, a 15% to 20% reduction in key benchmark costs, a 50% increase in return on capital, and a 20% increase in raw steel production. The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... The Marshall School of Business (also known as USC Marshall School of Business) is the business school at the University of Southern California. ... Case studies involve a particular method of research. ... Return on capital, also known as Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) is defined as NOPLAT / Invested Capital usually expressed as a percentage. ...

Tekniko, Inc

Tekniko, Inc., originally owned by Werner Erhard, formed the successor organization to Transformational Technologies, which Erhard and a management consultant named James Selman incorporated in 1984.^[28]Tekniko Licencing Corporation, a California corporation owned by Terry M. Giles, later acquired this technology. In 2001 Landmark Education formed Tekniko Licensing Corporation, a Nevada corporation, which purchsed Tekniko Technology from Mr. Giles' company.^[29][30] Since that time, the Vanto Group (formerly known as Landmark Education Business Development, Inc., from 1993-2007), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Landmark Education, has used Tekniko to license the "Tekniko methodology and intellectual property to a wide variety of corporations."^[31]

Terms/Distinctions

Landmark Education utilizes some specific terms (some of them categorized as "distinctions") in its courses. Articles in Metroactive^[6] and in Life Positive^[32] have provided short lexicons of a few terms. Look up lexicon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• Racket(s): Recurring complaints in tandem with a "way of being" that allow persons to justify themselves and their point of view but which can rob them of opportunities for satisfaction and joy; ways of being that allow people to justify themselves and their point of view; preconceived notions of why one is right and others are wrong.
• Strong suit previously known as Formula for success, or Winning formula : Ways of being originating in what Landmark Education identifies as the three main transitional stages of one's life — early childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. These may have worked repeatedly in the past but they can obstruct more effective approaches. Alternative definition: a way of being that has worked well in the past and that we keep using, which keeps us from perceiving new options.
• Vicious circle: Possibility-limiting concepts that determine experience and shape future experiences; a sphere where our concepts determine our experience.
• Taking a stand: Putting attention on a vision for the future; putting our attention on our vision of life that gives us self-expression
• Distinguishing ourselves and our world through language: The world consists of language and can be altered through language.
• Breakthrough: Abandoning old habits and embracing a new way of being; looking at things from a different perspective, getting a new understanding of life.
• Already/always listening: Listening to others with preconceived notions of what they really mean.
• Possibility A phenomenon that exists in and impacts the present. (As distinct from the regular usage of possibility meaning "something that perhaps might happen in the future".
• Enrollment essentially having (or creating) a conversation in which you move, touch, inspire someone by 'causing a new possibility to be present'.
• Unmessable with The quality of being able to stand in the face of any circumstance and not be thrown off course'.

Landmark Education itself has defined other terms in its literature: Perspective in theory of cognition is the choice of a context or a reference (or the result of this choice) from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience, cohesively forming a coherent belief, typically for comparing with another. ... In ontology, a being is anything that can be said to be, either transcendantly or immanently. ... The self is a key construct in several schools of psychology. ... Personal life (or everyday life or human existence) is an individual humans personal, private career (including, but not the same as, their employment career), and is a common notion in modern existence -- although more so in more prosperous parts of the world, such as Western Europe and North America...

• distinction / distinguish: "[t]o distinguish something means to take something from an undifferentiated background and bring it to the foreground."^[33]

Evaluations of Landmark Education

Landmark Education makes extensive use of web-published^[34] and word-of-mouth ^[35] testimonials from customers to portray its effectiveness, and supplements these with studies, surveys, and opinions. Independent third parties have carried out a limited amount of scientific research — not dependent on corporate funding — on Landmark Education. A testimonial or endorsement is a written or spoken statement, sometimes from a public figure, sometimes from a private citizen, extolling the virtue of some product, which is used in the promotion and advertising of that product. ... Customers are waiting in front of a famous fashion shop for its grand opening in Hong Kong. ... Effectiveness means the capability of producing an effect. ... This article is about the concept. ... Statistical surveys are used to collect quantitative information about items in a population. ... Opinion is a persons ideas and thoughts towards something. ...

The Talent Foundation

The Talent Foundation,^[36] chaired by Sir Christopher Ball (Chancellor, University of Derby), and led by Dr. Javier Bajer, used the Landmark Forum for the initial stage of a study ('"A Shortcut to Motivated and Adaptive Workforces"). The study found that: The University of Derby is a university in the city of Derby, England. ...

"Within two years of participating from Landmark's three-day program, individuals showed:

• significantly higher levels of self-esteem, motivation, and self-confidence
• more proactive attitudes related to their learning and ability to apply new skills at work
• more confidence in finding opportunities to apply their skills and make a difference at work"^[37]

In psychology, self-esteem or self-worth is a persons self-image at an emotional level; circumventing reason and logic. ... Motivation is a word used to refer to the reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior. ... In psychology, self-esteem or self-worth is a persons self-image at an emotional level; circumventing reason and logic. ...

International Society for Performance Improvement

The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) website contains a 2005 report of the Vantos Group's (known as Landmark Education Business Development or LEBD at the time) involvement with improving safety at Minera Escondida Ltd., which ran the largest copper-mine in the world and employed 5,000 people. The ISPI report notes that when then-named LEBD started working with Minera Escondida, the company had a total injury-frequency rate of 23.7 accidents per million man-hours worked. Five months later, after then-named LEBD had finished its program with Minera Escondida, the injury rate had reduced by over 50% to 11.5 accidents per million man-hours worked. ISPI reported that Landmark "created" this environment of improved safety. The ISPI awarded then-named LEBD a "Got Results" award for its actions.^[38] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A man-hour or person-hour[1], [2] is the amount of work performed by an average worker in one hour. ...

Corporate-funded studies

DYG study

An analysis done for Landmark Education by DYG, Inc., (of which the raw details are not available to the public due to the reseach being proprietary) and interpreted by Daniel Yankelovich, chairman of DYG, Inc., ("Analysis of The Landmark Forum and Its Benefits") consisted of a survey conducted of more than 1300 people who completed The Landmark Forum during a three-month period at some undisclosed time. ^[39] Daniel Yankelovich, born 1924, is a public opinion analyst and social researcher. ...

Yankelovich himself personally endorses Landmark Education in his book The Magic of Dialog (2001, pages 143 - 144).^[40]

Yankelovich concluded from the survey that 90% to 95% self-reported "value" in taking the course. ^[41]

Harris Interactive

A study by this firm (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/clientnews.asp) (of which the details are not available to the public due to the reasearch being proprietary) into the opinions of health professionals and educators, including doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers, and academicians concluded that:

Harris Interactive found that survey results showed that the vast majority of respondents held very positive views regarding Landmark Education programs as more than nine of ten agreed that Landmark’s programs were responsibly and professionally conducted, produced practical and powerful results, and made a profound difference in their lives. Moreover, nearly all respondents (96%) agreed that Landmark Education Programs provided great value.^[42]

Independent Scientific Studies and Academic Publications

A 2005 Israeli study appeared in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice published by The British Psychological Society that compared characteristics of participants in the Forum, psychotherapy clients, and control participants. Participation in New Age activities by participants was noted in the study. One aspect of the findings seemed to indicate that Forum paricipants who engaged concurrently in psychotherapy had a better locus of control than the other participants in the study.^[43] New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Locus of control theory is a concept in between psychology and sociology, related to where individuals conceptually place responsibility, choice, and control for events in their lives. ...

In 1994, Charles W. Denison published his Ph.D. dissertation "The children of EST a study of the experience and perceived effects of a large group awareness training (The Forum)," detailing the accounts of twenty Forum participants (referred to as "interviewees" in the study.)^[44]In regards to efficacy of the Forum (provided by Landmark Education) as reported by the participants, Denison stated:

The observation and interview data suggest that these curricula have a varied impact on participants; some report a certain distinction as having personal impact, while other participants scarcely recall the concept. The structure and curriculum of The Forum, on their own, do not provide all the data that are relevant to understanding the phenomenon of the training.

Particpants were asked specifically to speak about the "euphoria" in their experiences with The Forum, as "a feeling of being 'high' or extremely 'energized'-is a common emotion in The Forum experience. The feeling tends to arise at some point during the training, and continue for a short time afterward. Because the experience is so common in the training, most interviewees were specifically asked to comment on it." Fifteen of the twenty participants spoke about it, with twelve articulating having the feeling of euphoria. Denison explains further:

The euphoria. when it was experienced by the participants, was positive but did not last long, in most cases. Some interpreted that feeling as empowerment or confidence. Others described it more in terms of being on a 'high,' similar to that produced by drugs or chemicals. Others reported a lack of euphoria. or only a very minimal sense of excitement.

Concerning recruitment, the research found:

The response of the interviewees, overwhelmingly, is that the practice of using graduates for recruiting ('enrolling') others is a negative one. Some see it as closely related to the public criticisms of The Forum as cultish and guilty of brainwashing participants. They describe it as "inappropriate," "a turn-off," "proselytizing," a "club the baby seals attitude," and "damned, constant enrollment shit."

Only one participant saw it as an "opportunity."^[45] The study was limited by its sample size (twenty participants) and made no attempts to extrapolate the responses of twenty particpants to any larger body of Forum participants. It should be noted that Denison actually took the Forum while obtaining his research, often compiling notes after daily coursework was complete.

Criticism

Some observers question whether and to what degree Landmark Education courses benefit participants. Others criticize the use of volunteers by Landmark Education; others highlight the connections with other groups and with Werner Erhard. Landmark has been criticized by some for being overzealous in encouraging people to participate in its courses. There are also more extreme accusations of Landmark being a cult and engaging in "brainwashing".^[46][47] Werner Hans Erhard (born John “Jack” Paul Rosenberg on September 5, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), [11] became arguably best known to the general public for the programs he set up: the “est Training” (1971 – 1981) and the “Forum” (1981 – 1991). ...

Closures of offices

According to the Le Nouvel Observateur, the French branch of the movement had officially disbanded due to undeclared employment and alleged exploitation of volunteers.^[48] Landmark Education also closed its offices in Switzerland, in Denmark, in Sweden^[49] as of June 2004 and in Germany as of January 2008. Le Nouvel Observateur (often shorten to Le Nouvel Obs) is a weekly French newsmagazine. ...

See also

Related topics

Media

• Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard, Documentary, (2006)
• Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus, Documentary (2004)
• The Century of the Self, British documentary by Adam Curtis, episode part 3 of 4 (2002)

Voyage au pays des nouveaux gourous, (Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus) is a TV documentary that presents an investigation of the activities of Landmark Education in France. ... The Century of the Self is an acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Adam Curtis released in 2002. ... Adam Curtis at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2005 Adam Curtis (born 1955) is a British television documentary producer. ...

Other

• Human Potential Movement ( Maslow, Rogers and the Esalen Institute)
• Large Group Awareness Training
• Self-help and Personal development
• Zen (Alan Watts)
• Samways, Louise Dangerous Persuaders: An expose of gurus, personal development courses and cults, and how they operate, Penguin, 1994
• Landmark Education litigation
• Landmark Education and the law

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External links

Corporate sites

• Landmark Education official website
  • Vanto Group (formerly Landmark Education Business Development) (subsidiary)
  • Landmark Education's main program - The Landmark Forum

Link directories

• Dmoz.org: Directory of links relating to Landmark Education
• Dmoz.org: Directory of links related to opposing views of Landmark Education
• Possibility Directory: Landmark Education graduates

References and footnotes