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This article offers a guide to interacting with co-workers in the U.S.

Focuses on the state of telecommuting among executives in America. Example of Lee Maxey, who took a job as chief learning officer based on his ability to stay at home in Duxbury (Mass.) despite working for Pathlore in Columbus (Ohio); Reasons for an increase in telecommuting among senior management, including the prevalence of faster, broadband Internet access; Increase in the percentage of Americans that telecommute full-time and at least one day per month, according to Dieringer Research Group, a market-research and consulting company in Milwaukee (Wisc.); Advantages of telecommuting executives; Types of management issues that can not be dealt with effectively from a remote location.

Mentions research on the 30-year trend away from traditional families toward duel-earner and single-parent households and offers tips for balancing work and family. Rules pertaining to topics such as resolution of bad work-family arrangements and distractions during 'quality time'; Recognition that the division of housework is unfair.

Offers news briefs about life on the job in the United States, and on trends taking place there. How the Olympic Games in Atlanta need about 15,000 temporary service workers; Technological advances allowing employers to closely monitor employees' activities, including personal telephone conversations; How such monitoring increases stress and feelings of social isolation; Unions reaching out to young people; Other news.

Reports that overworking is surfacing as a point of conflict in more relationships in the United States. Survey by Yankelovich Partners that reveal that 42 percent surveyed said they spent less time with their spouses; Definition of a workaholic; Cures for overwork devised by partners.