A public-library board's draft strategic plan assumes community volunteers will replace a wave of retiring professional librarians. The CHRO sees an unvalidated labor assumption that would collapse branch hours. What should the CHRO do before the plan is printed?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Volunteers are not a secret stash of licensed librarians hiding in the stacks. If the plan bets branch hours on unpaid replacements, that is a strategy risk, not a scheduling footnote. Call the assumption out and make the board prove the staffing math before the plan goes to print.
Full Explanation
Unvalidated labor assumptions belong in strategy challenge, not after the plan is printed. Treating volunteer substitution as a calendar detail hides a continuity risk that can close branches. Senior HR forces a validated staffing model into the adoption packet so the board owns the labor bet. Quiet vacancy posting or title games after the vote leave the false assumption inside the strategy.