Editor’s Note:  This is the tenth in our 2007 series of The Business Owner Toolbox written by our regular columnist, George Hedley.  Each article is written to provide you with practical, immediately applicable business management tools to assist you on your path to building a successful, growing business. To read the previous article, click here. To read the next article in the series, click here. Why do most people feel meetings are a waste of time? Because they often are! Too often, managers call too many meetings to report on what’s happening and don’t involve the attendees, ask for input, have meaningful discussions or adjourn with an action plan. In some meetings, the leader rambles along and doesn’t keep the group focused on tasks or...