Many ITSM teams are collectives of internal staff, partners and vendors dispersed across space, organisational boundaries and time. However, only a small proportion of our virtual ITSM teams are successful in achieving high levels of productivity and performance. A key challenge to performance is building real trust across the extended team. Drawing on a range of real case studies, this presentation provides a range of key tips for overcoming the challenges and creating high performing virtual, dispersed and remote teams. With thanks for Ca Technologies for sponsoring TFT14 slides. For a free trial of Nimsoft go to bit.ly/1df6jY7