Table of contents

• Benefits and pitfalls of growth
• Resources and handling growth
• Advice for those firms which want to grow

Article summary

Practice Management analysis: How to achieve continued growth and prosperity is a driving concern for most law firms. For some firms, growth may mean an increase in their headcount or geographical spread. For others, increases in work and profitability. Often it can signify a combination of such objectives. Peter Scott of Peter Scott Consulting believes that having the right focus to achieve growth is a matter of strategy: `By that I mean a well researched, realistic plan with clear objectives, to gain competitive advantage in the market.鈥�