Any tips or advice for a new team leader?

Demand respect through your actions, not your words. Uphold standards. If you ever Have to REMIND your soldiers of your rank, you have failed as a leader. Demand a lot from your soldiers, but give them the same effort in return.

Train your soldiers as if war could happen at any time, it will save lives. Videos give ideas for training also insite for training events.

Don't act like you know everything. When you mess up, admit it. Show them that you're human.

My advice is to remember the Soldier Creed and learn the NCO Creed... also take what you have learned from NCOs that you looked up to and lead by example...

Make sure you live by the NCO creed. It sounds cliché but you would be surprised how many leaders (NCOs) who only live for themselves and fail to do the basics of being a team leader like for example, checking rooms in the morning, leading by example in pt and training, teaching your soldiers not only their job but yours as well. Don’t keep good information from them to make yourself better they need to know as much information as you to better the army as a whole.

Lead by example, keep it simple, avoid surprises and learn how to listen.

Praise publicly, criticize privately.

Bad news never gets better with time.

Do EVERYTHING as if your Soldiers are watching you. Because they are.

Part of your job is to fight the Squad Leader. IN PRIVATE. Stand up for your troops, protect them from stupidity. Tell the Squad Leader if (s)he is reading the situation wrong. But once you are back in public, you treat that plan as if it is your own, embrace it, and execute to the best of your ability. NEVER let the troops know that you disagree with the CoC, it breaks down the CoC and leads to future problems.

Make your team the best team in the Platoon. Make your squad the best squad in the Company. Make your Platoon the beat Platoon in the Battalion. Etc. Strive for excellence.

On the other hand, don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

Learn the difference between "we stay until this is complete and completed to standard," and "let's call it a night, we'll get after it again tomorrow.". This is a hard one to learn, but it is critical for your troops.

Time is the single most important commodity. Use it wisely. Both your time and your Soldiers' time.

Finally, when you have time, play "smart Soldier/strong Soldier." Inform your Soldier's what the topic of the week (day/month/whatever) is. Gather them in a group, and go down the line. Ask questions. If Soldier gets it right, nothing happens, on to next Soldier. If (s)he gets it wrong, drop. Next Soldier, same question. If (s)he gets it wrong, join first Soldier. And so on. Once someone gets it right, everyone recovers. And on to the next question.... Soldiers have a choice - they can get smart or get strong. This only works well if you quiz them with reference material available (to settle disputes), but WITHOUT reference material in front of you. You show them that you already know this stuff and give them something to aspire to. But if you are asking questions out of a book, you build resentment because you are asking them to know things that you obviously don't know.

There are a million and one other nuggets, but these are the first that came to mind.

Before you were a leader, you were a follower; emulate the best examples of leadership you experienced and don't repeat the examples of bad leadership you experienced.

Do what your trained to do,be a leader not a follower. Separate yourself. Be the example for them to follow. This can all be done while still showing care and compassion for them. They will remember you for this

1 - don’t be a dick
2 - don’t be a push over
3 - your troops come first. For example, you and the squad leader eat last.
4 - listen and learn from your squad leader, and other NCOs. You will see examples of what to do, and examples of what not to do, this is where rule 1 comes into play, don’t be a dick.