Intrinsic Motivation - way of managing a high performance team

Today is a big day for me, I have been given responsibility to manage a high performance team. For me, it is very important to understand what makes a team highly performing and intrinsically motivated. Creativity is a product of Intrinsic Motivation. Theorists Malone and Lepper define intrinsic motivation more simply in terms of what people will do without external inducement. Intrinsically motivating activities are those in which people will engage for no reward other than the interest and enjoyment that accompanies them. Malone and Lepper based on their research put together a list of factors that create  intrinsically motivating work environment:

• Challenge - people are best motivated while working toward personally meaningful goals whose attainment requires activities with optimal level of difficulty. The goals should align with people's self esteem.
• Curiosity - Simulating sensory (introducing abrupt changes) and cognitive curiosity (wonder about something)
• Control - everyone has a tendency to control, what happens to them, enable people to believe that their work will lead to the powerful effects.
• Fantasy - mental images of things and situations that are not really present to stimulate the behavior
• Competition - people feel satisfied when they compare their performance favorably to that of others. This has to be carefully balanced in a team setting.
• Cooperation - for some people, it is more satisfying by helping others achieve their goals.
• Recognition - people are satisfied and motivated when others recognize and appreciate their accomplishments. 

I am going to be working very hard on creating Intrinsically motivating environment for my high performance team. Any tips or suggestions is highly appreciated.