According to the Preschool Education Act, the principal is the managerial and professional head of the kindergarten. He manages a kindergarten, but also assumes the role of a leader as well as the duty to motivate the employees of the preschool institution to achieve the best possible job performance, to facilitate teamwork, to build trust and manage conflicts amongst the employees. The principals should possess certain skills and abilities in order to successfully manage preschool institutions, and they should particularly realize the needs of the employees and consequently adjust their style of managing. The communication skills are one of the basic constituents of the social competence and a crucial skill of every leader. It is important to receive a feedback from the employees, which was the main goal of this survey. This paper studies the communication skills of the Principal of the City Kindergartens of Slavonski Brod. The survey was conducted on a sample of 88 subjects/preschool teachers from the nine kindergartens within the territory of Slavonski Brod. The study results in the analysis of the Principal’s communication skills, as well as of the motivation and satisfaction of the employees. The results of the conducted survey indicate that in the majority of cases the employees are satisfied with the communication within the institution, especially with the communication amongst coworkers and with the parents. They are less satisfied with the communication with their superiors; as the main problems they define inaccessibility, self-containment, lack of support, one-way and insufficient communication.