An example of an exercise would be for members to send a description of themselves to other group members. The first part could contain a personal description. The second part could contain professional information talking about job history and experience. Members could also say what they wanted to learn from being a part of this kind of team. All of these questions can help other team members understand one another and help build a trustful bound between them.
Past studies show there are three stages in attaining trust.
After team members are more comfortable with each other, knowledge-based trust appears. Finally, identification-based trust evolves. All three of these types appear in virtual teams, but they do not develop in this order. An example of trust development would be an initial email message that is sent to all the members. If the message sets a negative tone, this could be damaging for the way the team works together.