Global Virtual Teams & Trust: How Leadership Can Build Trust and Enhance Team Performance

Global virtual teams have become essential in any organization in the past decade, but communication, cultural, and coordination issues often affect their performance. Trust is essential for team success, especially in global virtual teams. Global virtual teams have become essential in any organization in the past decade, but communication, cultural, and coordination issues often affect their performance. Trust is essential for team success, especially in global virtual teams. This book explores how leadership can establish and maintain trust in global virtual teams to improve cooperation and performance. It suggests that leaders should invest in trust by realizing the ethical focal point ‘do no (illegitimate) harm’ realized by showing respect, providing orientation, setting framework conditions, and acting as role models with trustworthy behavior and consistent communication. About the author Dr. Lili Jassemi is the co-founder and CEO of Avantgardist Institut, a value-driven research and educational platform that supports leaders, teams, and organizations to achieve optimal performance based on 'trust' and collaboration. This book’s content serves as the blueprint for Avantgardist Institut’s work which has elaborated the D3 trust journey (digital, diverse, decentral) based on D3 experiential learning using unique human and digital networks. Global virtual teams have become essential in any organization in the past decade, but communication, cultural, and coordination issues often affect their performance. Trust is essential for team success, especially in global virtual teams. This book explores how leadership can establish and maintain trust in global virtual teams to improve cooperation and performance. It suggests that leaders should invest in trust by realizing the ethical focal point ‘do no (illegitimate) harm’ realized by showing respect, providing orientation, setting framework conditions, and acting as role models with trustworthy behavior and consistent communication.