Management has experienced its rise and growth over the years. That growth is based on the need for better organisation of work, increasing the volume of business and similar aspects. For this reason, the first managers are formed, and because of that managers and management become one of the subjects of study and endless attempts for improvement. Managerial skills have become a key aspect of the advancement and personal development of every manager. Depending on the segment being observed, it is possible to see a considerable number of managerial skills. Over time, more and more literature and ideas on how to improve them are being created. That is the main reason of writting this work who talk about managerial skills, especially when it comes to human resources management skills. The theoretical part examines in detail the skils related to human resource management skills and which have in common with this skill. Some of ther skills covered are planning skills, organizing skills, communication skills, motivation skills and many others, with a special emphasis on human resource management and governance skills. There areas have been processed through mand examples aimed at beautifiying a theory that is often more difficult to understand and bringing it to a practical level that is easy to understand, yet as instructive as theory in somewhat more difficult to understand form along with definitions of the field. In order not to speak only in theoretical aspect, a survey questionnaire is created that is placed in the Republic of Croatia and which aims to examine the role and importance of managerial skills in relation to human resources management skills. Data collected by the survey were processed by descriptive statistics and conclusions were drawn. The results and conclusions are presented through graphical representations that also allow that everything is showed in a simple way that is easy to understand and instructive. The result of everything is picture of situation in which Croatian managers are. Some areas definitley need improvement but there are also areas that are good quality accoridng to results of a survey which is strength of Croatian managers when it comes to the segment of managerial skills related to human resource management.