Just as an athletic team would, asking whether you have the right people in the right roles, establishing a goals and a clear vision for the future, and creating a culture of accountability will all pay dividends.
They participate in establishing individual and team goals, and then communicate over and over again how accomplishing those goals will enable the organization to achieve its vision of winning.
To succeed in establishing and reaching your goals, you should focus well in advance on what needs to happen and spend all time necessary in advance to ensure their success, with established and repeatable processes to accomplish them.
While typing these goals, they simultaneously create the beginning of their grown-up selves by establishing online portfolios of their own work in their field.