At the celebration, skip the usual speeches by the senior team about “How we couldn’t have done this, that, or the other thing without so-and-so’s help, etc.” Instead, ask the most powerful question a leader can pose when a team has successfully completed anything: “How did you do it?” Stand up and say “Congratulations. We said we would do X, and we did it!! How did you do it?” Then pick someone who you know contributed to reaching the Critical Number, and have that person share his or her story.
