Who checks my plan?
Before a match, I made a mistake in the schedule. I had not allowed enough time for the warm-up. Someone suggested leaving earlier because of possible traffic, but the mistake in my calculation was not pointed out. We ended up rushing.
When you ask people to check your plan, have you made clear what you want them to check?
In my notes afterwards, I was frustrated that nobody had told me the timing was off. I had asked about the schedule. But the calculation was mine, and asking for a check had not caught the mistake.
I cannot tell from that moment whether someone noticed and held back, whether everyone missed it, or whether we were checking different things. The suggestion about traffic was a contribution. It was not the same as working backwards from the start of the match and allowing for everything that had to happen first.
That distinction gives me something practical to change. Instead of asking whether a plan looks fine, I can ask someone to walk through it independently: what needs to be ready, what must happen before that, and how long each step needs.
I still carry responsibility for my decisions. Another person's check does not remove that. It gives a mistake one more chance to be found before the group has to deal with it.
An invitation to disagree is not yet a clear task to check.
Before your next shared deadline, ask one person to work backwards from it and check the time you have allowed. Compare their calculation with yours before finalising the plan.
Today, or the next time it happens.In my coaching notes, I recorded my scheduling mistake, a suggestion to leave earlier because of traffic, and the rushed preparation that followed. I also recorded that I had asked about the schedule. Those observations do not establish what anyone else noticed or why the error went unchallenged.