The best way to be a team lead is not to be one. Companies impose a title "team lead" when its not necessary at all. If you are skillful, helpful and bring good

The best way to be a team lead is not to be one. Companies impose a title "team lead" when its not necessary at all. If you are skillful, helpful and bring good energy to the team, other people will respect you, trust you and learn from you and thats what a team lead should be. An imposed Lead is someone who is a point of beaurocracy, someone who can selectively hide/filter information to have a better control, a step in the approval process and many other unwanted things. "I am Team Lead, I will schedule 1:1 and frequently schedule lunch ...." sounds like trying too hard. It is sure good to have team lunches, having 1:1 with everyone in team etc, but for some other reasons