I would expect a new captain to maintain SOPs and not start creating his own 'better' ones now that he/she is in the left seat ie. "I know its not SOP but this is far more efficient / this is the way XYZ do it".
Also I hope that they understand the difference between being a line captain and a training captain. I have seen new captains who seem to blur the difference and end up trying to fly the airplane through the FO just because the FO is not doing it the same way they would. This often leads to things going tits up because you end up either not knowing who's in control or you have a flight path that is a mixture between the captains and FOs, which normally means its not the correct one given other parameters.