You need to be much more aggressive and communicate electronically with a lot of energy. You can't sit there and wait for information to come to you. Verive explains that when you're on a team that is spread out over several locations and time zones, your decision-making changes a little. Let's say you're in a crisis now. An individual in the main office will go around to team members and ask how to deal with the crisis, but as a virtual team member you will contact the one and best person for help.
Individual contributors end up having more decision-making power within a virtual team.
Individual team members can consequently have a big impact on the final outcome of a project. I see a higher sense of desire to make a project work, and I want it to be successful for my team and for my clients at the same time. The overall success of a virtual team depends largely on the team's leader, who needs to act as a personal leader, motivating people, relieving stresses and counseling them at a distance. As the leader, you can't possibly make all the decisions. People with specific competencies will know more than you, so you have to empower them to make those decisions.