Regarding leadership, what quote comes to mind?
Workman: There is a quote that I heard clear back from when I was a kid and I even heard it from Charlie Caldwell. “You can’t lead unless you can follow.” Cavasso: Who are some of the individuals that had a significant influence on your life? Workman: Well, my wife and actually my family life when I grew up, my father and my mother. They really taught me the value of other people and working with others. Then as my career went on, a lot of people I think I have mentioned: Stan Fitzgerald., Charlie Caldwell and Rusty Witwer. Those types of people really had an influence throughout my career. My wife was a great support throughout it and I don’t know if I would have continued on with a Forest Service career if I hadn’t met my wife. She really supported me in a lot of years. At one time I was going to retire or quit the hotshots at the age of 50 and either look at something else or retire, and well I did retire at the age of 53. Cavasso: Thinking back to your youth, what other influences
