How do some units feel about CPLs? Is there any advice for possibly stepping into this new role?

Read the NCO Creed,break it down in accordance with your person and try to identify how you do meet the components and how you do not. Read the leadership guides and try to live up to the standards identified. Break from the crowed but do not disengage. You should always remember how it felt to perform duties as a private, use those feeling when issuing orders ensuring to be just and respectful. You should earn the respect of your Team not demand it. In those instances were you must, do so in a manner that others will want to emulate. You are now in a glass house, always be mindful. Thank you for your service.

Are you in a team leader position? The way I look at it is AR 600-8-19 ch 7-11 states "A SPC will be appointed to CPL when the Soldier is assigned and works in a SGT position. The position must be the
Soldier’s PMOS or CPMOS. This includes SPC who cannot otherwise be promoted when they do not meet the TIS re-
quirement, or were not considered for promotion."

So if you're serving as a team leader (or any SGT position) you are supposed to be promoted to CPL.

I think it's a great rank to give soldiers who demonstrate leadership potential. It's not so much fun being a CPL though

1. If pinned , you will be an NCO, so act like one- no more SPC Mafia! Keep doing the leadership that you have been doing. Start studying leadership manuals and the NCO's around you. Pick a leadership style that you feel comfortable with and that produces.