The aim of this paper is, throught the presentation of the family firm data survey, to present their attitude to human resources management and the utilization of formal method of HRM represented by personal strategy plan. Family firms in the Czech republic is increasing, but have to face the same problems as in other European countries with more developed family business, as succesion, bivalent family influence for business, etc. In the emphirical part of the paper authors compare their findings with the conclusions of other scholars and recomend the measures to help family business leaders with the implementation of human resources management in the common practise.