Its Okay to Manage Your Boss

lack the day-to-day engagement necessary to consistently maintain the very basics of management: clear expectations; necessary resources; real performance tracking; and fair credit and reward.

You should meet more often with a boss if you are working with this boss
• For the first time
• On a new project
• On a project with especially high stakes

Keep meeting with your boss regularly. Keep monitoring and measuring and documenting. Continue to revisit your schedule and work plans and to-do lists regularly. Trust the process. Stay flexible. Be prepared to revise and adjust every step of the way as circumstances change.