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Sentence 62

Before:
A highly-motivated team, what works for them is that they have one eye on the result.

 After:
A highly motivated team, what works for them is that they are result-oriented.

 Notes:
Keep in mind, though, that we never use a hyphen with an -ly adverb + adjective combination in front of a noun or pronoun. Here are examples with the -ly adverb + adjective constructions:
She was a highly motivated employee. (Source: http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/040201hyphadj.htm)

"one eye on the result"...what about the other eye?? :P It sounds weird.
So have replaced it with  "that they are result-oriented."
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