[StevoRocket]

Agree with those comments above - one thing I would add to the meeting is to get agreement with your boss on the order of priorities of the work set - you only have so many hours per day - use them effectively on the real priorities for the business. Communication via a monthly report is an effective way to raise and record issues - not a multi page essay - a short one page list with summarised achievements, plans for next month and the red flag items which need to be addressed.

Try to schedule a meeting once a month to discuss this report - it establishes a dialogue between you which will remove the possibility of you being too distant and below his radar - and you will have had the opportunity to brief him of issues that would be a nasty shock to him if they dragged on too long - always get in first with bad news and suggest a solution.

It is important also to set up your sleep time and stick to a regime - hot drink, bath, bed at the same time so that you are relaxed. Lay off the booze. Ask me how I know...