Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
Don't over-react to the trouble makers.
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.