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The reason why these two techniques can have such a powerful effect on the success of virtual, and indeed any, teams is that they give every team a vision. In the corporate world there is often a corporate vision that is cascaded down to teams. The problem with cascading a vision down, is that there will often be elements of the corporate vision that some people find it hard to identify with.

My approach works the opposite way. As a team leader you can choose one of these two options. The first is the Martin Luther King ‘I have a dream’ approach, where you explain the team vision in such a vivid way that everyone follows you. The second is to let everyone in your team work out the vision.

I always recommend that virtual teams choose the second option, even if you are Martin Luther King. Why? Because people will identify with every part of the vision if it's something they contribute to themselves.