Como lidiar con un compañero de trabajo temperamental

En una época tuve problemas con el líder técnico de un proyecto donde trabaje, digamos que su humor era cambiante y había veces que no sabia manejar el tema. Por suerte esto se resolvió. El tema se debía a una situación particular que fue solucionada.

Tuve una charla con mi 'coach' Jeffrey sobre el tema donde me dio su valiosa opinión:

1/3/2007		6:17:05 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		human resources related question... how do you deal with a moody coworker?
1/3/2007		6:17:42 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Define moody.
1/3/2007		6:17:51 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Bipolar or schizophrenic?
1/3/2007		6:19:20 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		that's too much... sometimes JM is in a bad mood, with his headphones listening to angry punk music and not wanting to speak to anybody, and when someone speaks to him, he seems kind of angry, like saying "back off fucker"
1/3/2007		6:19:57 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Uh, sometimes people are just in bad moods. Let it be their problem as long as it doesn't impact work.
1/3/2007		6:20:59 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		When it does impact work, you say, hey, your bad mood is your problem, but now it's becoming the client's problem and that's not acceptable. Do you work and save the attitude for your own time.
1/3/2007		6:22:34 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		If the person is regularly bipolar, then you need to demonstrate the problem such that they acknowledge and recognize the problem exists. At that point, you just come to an agreement -- you get the person to agree that you will point out to them when they're exhibiting the behavior they already acknowledge such that everyone gets back to work.
1/3/2007		6:22:55 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		NB: this does *not* work with women and PMS.
1/3/2007		6:24:39 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		PMS?
1/3/2007		6:29:00 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Premenstrual stress.
1/3/2007		6:29:19 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		What do you call it in Spanish?
1/3/2007		6:29:20 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		LOL
1/3/2007		6:29:45 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Yeah, much to the chagrin of men everywhere.
1/3/2007		6:30:34 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		thanks for those words dude, really good
1/3/2007		6:33:22 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		What do you call premenstrual stress in Spanish?
1/3/2007		6:36:58 PM		MArtin		Jeffrey V.		sindrome premestrual
1/3/2007		6:38:17 PM		Jeffrey V.		MArtin		Your welcome. I've used it successfully for years. You have to reach a point where you're able to call people on their behavior. If they don't acknowledge the issue exists, then they just get more pissed off. But once you get them to recognize the issue, then calling them on it just becomes humorous and lightens everyone's mood.