(CMR) Participants in the Chamber of Commerce’s Mentoring Cayman program got together for a fun, but also helpful and constructive social event recently at the Triple C School.
Facilitator Serg Sandy, a leader from the Cayman Islands YMCA, invited the mentees and mentors to spend some time getting to know one another before the games—each designed to engender confidence, team building, and leadership skills—began.
Mentors and Mentees were invited to stand up and say something they had found out about each other. The first game was an icebreaker Bingo session – with squares that needed to be filled in with the signatures of people who fitted each description – from “I like cooking” to “I have five brothers and sisters.” The first person to fill in the squares was the winner.
“The idea is Stepping out of your comfort zone because that’s where growth takes place,” Sandy said.
Next, the fun really began with a drawing game to build teams—a game of ‘Pictionary.’ As soon as one of the teams correctly guessed a picture, they ran to the front to tell Sandy the answer and were given another drawing task.
“I am going to give you a word, your job is to go back to your group and draw that word. If somebody in your group guesses, then they come to me for the next word,” Sandy said.
The final game was a kind of Blind Man’s Buff, in which mentees were blindfolded and had to trust their guide's instructions to get to the other end of the room.
All of the participants learned much – about trust, leadership, and teamwork – while having a lot of
fun