1-358 A crucial skill required by all leaders and managers (whether on board or shore) and especially by team leaders with limited resources, is the ability not just to identify the strengths and weaknesses of members of the team, but to exploit the strengths and manage the weaknesses. There is a range oftechniques to help managers develop this ability - unfortunately, very few officers at sea have any opportunity to learn about them or how to use them since, as mentioned earlier, the management of staff is not one of the recognised STCW 95 functions.