Solo and Small Firms Face Many Challenges, Survey Shows, But Few Have Made Changes to Address Them | Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites

… when you combine the numbers for firms that have either implemented changes or that have plans in place, the numbers of firms that are addressing their challenges range from roughly half to two-thirds:

• Challenges acquiring new client business, 63%.
• Getting paid by clients, 65%.
• Demonstrating the firm’s value to potential clients, 65%.
• Keeping up with competition from other firms in your practice areas, 54%.
• Lack of internal efficiency, 55%.
• Spending too much time on administrative tasks, 47%.
• Cost control and expense growth, 54%.
• Managing staff, 68%.
• Clients demanding more for less, 42%.
• Increasing complexity of technology, 52%.
• Retaining client business, 67%.
• Increasing pace of legal and regulatory change, 46%.

Source: Solo and Small Firms Face Many Challenges, Survey Shows, But Few Have Made Changes to Address Them – Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites, November 30, 2017, Robert Ambrogi