Teamwork for win-win was the most outstanding process which showed shared
team leadership. The practices found in this process were consistent with the key steps
proposed by Covey (2004) towards public victory such as “Think win-win”, “First to
understand then to be understood”, and “Synergize”. Robichaud and Anantatmula
(2011) discussed same aspect in their step of “team integration” and Mendler et al.
(2006) in their step of “team building”. The case study findings in particular showed
that these were enabled by good interactions and team’s commitment towards a
syngeneic outcome.
Finally, the findings revealed the importance of continuous learning and knowledge
sharing. This step was identified in previous studies, for example, Covey (2004)
mentioned it as “sharpen the saw” and Robichaud and Anantatmula (2011) mentioned
as “Provide on-going feedback”. The case study findings extended the previous
research findings to show not only new knowledge acquisition but also knowledge
sharing by socialising with other members as discussed in knowledge management
literature (Nonaka and Takuechi, 1995) and lessons-learned practices (Senaratne and
Jeevanthi, 2010) help in achieving this process.
All in all, the four processes propose working as an integrated team and sharing the
leadership role across the whole team to achieve success. Hence, it is presented in
Figure 1 above as the team leadership role model for green building projects.