Core Factors launches three emotional intelligence booklets for coaching and leadership programs

Core Factors has released three revised emotional intelligence booklets for coaches, HR teams and leadership developers, aiming to support workshops, coaching and self-study. The 2026 editions are built around everyday effectiveness, health and leadership, and each is available now for $17.95 on Amazon.

Why it matters: - Core Factors is targeting a broad workplace need: helping people use emotional intelligence in real conversations, not just as a theory. - The booklets are designed for coaches, HR professionals and learning and development teams that need material for workshops, team sessions and the time between sessions. - The release comes as engagement and emotional intelligence data point to rising workplace strain, turnover risk and productivity loss.

What happened: - Core Factors released three emotional intelligence booklets in its Portable People Skills® series. - The titles are: - Understanding Emotions: Making Emotions Work for You - Emotions and Health: Turning Emotional Awareness into Healthier Choices - Emotions and Leadership: How Leaders Turn Emotional Information into Trust and Commitment - The booklets are 2026 editions published by Core Factors. - The books were first published in 2015 by Leadership Performance Systems, Inc. and have been revised and redesigned for this release. - Each booklet sells for $17.95 through Amazon. - Full descriptions are available at Understanding Emotions, Emotions and Health, and Emotions and Leadership.

The details: - Roger R. Pearman, Ed.D. wrote all three booklets. - Pearman is described as a recognized authority on emotional intelligence, author of the People Skills Handbook and developer of the Core Factors EQ Accelerator. - Understanding Emotions is the foundation booklet. - The booklet focuses on reading what an emotion signals and directing that energy in everyday situations. - Emotions and Health treats emotions as physical events that trigger chemical and hormonal responses in the body. - The health booklet focuses on using emotional awareness to support recovery rather than damage. - Emotions and Leadership treats trust and commitment as outcomes built through repeated emotional exchanges. - The leadership booklet focuses on how leaders interpret emotional information from others and respond with purpose. - Each booklet includes four skill areas: - Use the ideas immediately in real situations such as hard conversations, deadlines and tense meetings. - Build a steady practice over time. - Understand what is happening beneath the emotional reaction. - Strengthen relationships, trust or energy depending on the booklet’s focus. - The practice sections are designed for workshops, coaching follow-up and solo readers. - Readers working alone are directed to start with Understanding Emotions. - No assessment, facilitator or program is required to use the worksheets. - Each booklet includes a reader offer for 25 percent off the EQ Accelerator assessment. - Practitioners can apply for a free Pro Account or request a demo at Core Factors.

Between the lines: - The launch is positioned as a practical response to workplace disengagement and burnout, not just a publishing update. - Gallup data cited in the release says global employee engagement fell to 20 percent in 2025, the lowest level since 2020, while manager engagement dropped to 22 percent over three years. - Gallup also puts the cost of low engagement at roughly $10 trillion in lost productivity, or about 9 percent of global GDP. - The release cites research across 28,000 adults in 166 countries showing global emotional intelligence scores fell 5.79 percent from 2019 to 2024. - That research links the decline to burnout, retention and organizational resilience. - Core Factors is also betting on consistency: a cohort of 30 can be equipped for a few hundred dollars, with every participant working from the same emotional vocabulary.

What's next: - The booklets are available now through Amazon, with other Amazon marketplaces priced in local currency. - Core Factors is steering self-directed readers to start with Understanding Emotions. - The company is offering practitioners a pathway to expand use of the booklets through its EQ Accelerator assessment, free Pro Accounts and demo requests.

The bottom line: - Core Factors is packaging emotional intelligence as a low-cost, reusable tool for coaching, HR and leadership development, with the goal of turning emotional awareness into day-to-day workplace behavior.