The Handbook of High Performance Virtual Teams: A Toolkit for Collaborating Across Boundaries

Part I. Working Collaboratively

To begin the path toward high-performance virtual teams requires an understanding and appreciation of the fundamental principles of effective virtual teams and collaboration and the environments that enable it. The chapters on the topic of working collaboratively describe the how and why of organizing, creativity, trust, sensemaking, culture, leadership, and other facets related to working virtually. Chapter One looks at the fundamental problem of virtual teams, crossing boundaries, and discusses a wide array of boundaries that create barriers separating team members, including geography, time, discipline, company, and culture. The creative potential of a virtual team depends on how well members can share their ...