Recent data shows that U.S. workers' productivity levels are falling, a recent Gallup poll shows only 32% of U.S. workers feel "engaged" in their jobs, and the media is awash in articles focusing on employee burnout, work-from-home versus back-to-the-office arrangements and "quiet quitting," which means non-union employees choosing only to do what is in their official job duties as though they were unionized. Many analyses tie these trends to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic no doubt brought these work-life issues to a head, quiet quitting and decreased employee productivity are at least partially due to fundamental changes to work-life balance over the past 20 years as well as toxic leadership in the workplace. The good news is that leaders can keep their employees engaged at work by avoiding harmful leadership behaviors, like narcissistic abuse, which create toxic workplaces.