Derivative of or augmentative to #1 above.  *Accelerate* your exceptional performance.  I've had a micro [molecular] manager before.  Not surprisingly, I desperately needed  him to "get out of my kitchen."  I was already performing my assigned duties at a high level.  While that did indeed buy me some breathing room it was not enough to allow me to create in peace.

So I accelerated...

I began to produce "More, Better, Faster". Beating deadlines, anticipating his needs and filling them before he requested them, and providing even more quality work for him to "review and revise." I'd identify emerging needs- often before he did- and request his input on how to proceed.  [Primarily so that he could feel as though he was a contributor]

Soon, his capacity for molecular inspection of my work could not keep pace with the volume and the benefits he began to reap from his superiors sapped his desire/need to worry so much what was going on.  In the end, he requested that I check in at the start, the middle, and the end of a project.

To your point, he began to trust.

@emergentinsight