Mid-level leadership gaps are emerging as the biggest constraint on GCC growth, with implications for execution, decision-making and long-term capability. 

As Global Capability Centres keep expanding, hiring more people, taking on bigger mandates, and moving closer to the core of global business, a quieter problem is beginning to surface. It is not about talent shortage. It is not even about hiring. It sits somewhere in the middle, quite literally. 

According to Mohith Mohan, Founder and CEO of MOAR Advisory, the biggest gap today is in mid-level leadership. “As GCCs scale rapidly, one of the most significant gaps emerging is within the mid-level leadership layer,” he said in an interview with People Matters. “While much of the conversation around GCC growth focuses on headcount milestones, capability expansion, and new mandates, the real operational pressure often sits in the layer between senior leadership and frontline execution.”