The Management Loop OS

Your managers don't need another dashboard. They need the next action.

Clio detects stuck management loops — KPI gaps, blockers, reopened decisions and follow-ups with no owner — then prepares the right manager action and tracks whether it closed.

See how loops work One team. One KPI. Four weeks to prove action closure.

Built for Sales, Ops, HR and managers who need execution to close.

No weekly surveys. One 6-minute calibration, then real workflow signals.

What is a loop

A management loop is any signal that needs a manager action and a closed follow-up.

A KPI below target A decision that keeps reopening A blocker between teams A hard conversation avoided A follow-up with no owner or date

Clio turns each one into the same circuit. If the loop doesn't close, the error gets fixed in the skill — it doesn't repeat next month.

01
Signal

Budget at 82% of target

02
Skill

prepare_1on1_sales

03
Action

Agenda + script for the 1:1

04
Owner

R. Herrera, sales lead

05
Date

Friday the 22nd

06
Close

KPI reviewed and next step set

07
Learning

If it doesn't close, bug-fix the skill

Example · sales team
Loop Console

Which loops are stuck this week.

Loop
Signal
Skill
Owner
Status
Next step
LoopQ3 budget below target
SignalKPI at risk
Skillprepare_1on1
OwnerR. Herrera
Statuswaiting on manager
Next step1:1 on Friday
LoopProposal stuck with Ops
SignalExternal blocker
Skillresolve_blocker
OwnerM. Ríos
Statusin progress
Next stepEscalate the dependency today
LoopMaximum discount, again
SignalReopened decision
Skillclose_decision
OwnerLeadership
Statusdetected
Next stepSet the criterion and a date
LoopFeedback pending 3 weeks
SignalAvoided conversation
Skillhold_the_standard
OwnerL. Duarte
Statusclosed
Next step
LoopSales → post-sales handoff
SignalFollow-up without an owner
Skillprepare_1on1
OwnerJ. Peña
Statusreopened
Next stepBug-fix the skill

Every row ends the same way: owner, date, closing criterion — and what Clio learned if it didn't close.

Product view — illustrative data.
Skill Library

Management that runs like software.

Every repeated intervention becomes a reusable skill — input, output, schedule and success metric. When it fails, it gets fixed like a bug — nobody gets blamed.

prepare_1on1

Agenda, script and evidence for the conversation the KPI is asking for.

When — An indicator gap with no conversation on the calendar.
resolve_blocker

Identifies who is blocking whom and prepares the unblock with an owner and a date.

When — An external dependency stalled for days.
close_decision

Assumptions, evidence, owner and date — so it doesn't reopen.

When — The same decision keeps coming back to the table.
surface_disagreement

Position A, position B and each side's evidence — without the emotional charge.

When — False consensus, or a disagreement nobody voices.
hold_the_standard

A conversation with evidence, a clear expectation and a formal next step.

When — Broken commitments that keep repeating.
escalate_with_dignity

A formal case with evidence for human intervention — without humiliation.

When — The loop requires human judgment.
Hours it absorbs, by role
Manager
1:1 prep, follow-up, hard messages, weekly prioritization.
HRBP
Repetitive coaching of leads, action plans, reading the signals.
RevOps / Sales Ops
Following the KPI gap through to the manager action that closes it.
COO / Chief of Staff
Closing loops, owners, dates, and decisions that get reopened.
Sales Manager
Coaching scripts, pipeline review, opportunity follow-up.
People Analytics
The last mile: from insight to action, and from action to measured closure.

Clio doesn't remove a role. It takes hours of follow-up off several — same managers, more management capacity.

Autonomy limits

Enterprise-safe autonomy. The manager stays in control.

What the agent does on its own, what it does with your approval, and where it stops — by design.

LEVEL 1
Recommend

The agent names where to intervene and with whom. Nothing leaves Clio.

"The north floor's budget has been under for two weeks. The conversation is with William."
LEVEL 2
Prepare

The agent drafts the script, the email, the agenda. You read them before they exist for anyone else.

"Here's the 15-minute 1:1: the blocker, the opening question, and the proposed close."
LEVEL 3
Execute with approval

The agent sends the nudge or books the meeting — only after you said yes. Never by default.

"Send this week's focus to the five floor leads?"
LEVEL 4
Escalate

If the loop doesn't close, it runs escalate_with_dignity: a formal case with evidence. It invents no consequence — it makes visible that it's still open.

"Third week with the indicator low and the action still open. This needs a conversation."

And where does the signal come from?

01
A 6-minute assessment, once

It captures how each person solves work when time runs short — their signature under pressure. No weekly surveys, ever.

02
Real execution in the Clio chat

The conversations each person chooses to bring: preparing a 1:1, drafting a message, closing a commitment.

03
Integrations YOU choose to connect

The Gmail plug-in, Google Calendar and Trello are optional. Nothing gets read unless you connect it.

Leadership sees aggregates by area — nobody reads private conversations. Privacy policy · DPA

Signals

Why Clio knows which skill to run.

Clio doesn't label people. It uses Work Modes to understand how work tends to break under pressure — then selects the management skill most likely to close the loop.

Context first

Needs the full picture before moving.

Risk · Decides late if nobody provides it in time.

Clarify the ask

Comes back with questions before executing.

Risk · Blocks the cycle when the ask arrives ambiguous.

Close the loop

Moves fast toward closure.

Risk · Closes without the detail the next step requires.

Align before deciding

Seeks group agreement before acting.

Risk · Delays the decision when nobody confirms.

Decide now

Arrives with options and decides in the conversation.

Risk · May close without the quality the next step requires.

Lower the pressure

Prioritizes calming the urgency over solving the cause.

Risk · The same problem comes back next week.

Each mode, crossed with the KPI at risk, defines which skill runs — not generic advice.

Use cases

The same engine, on your area's board.

The same engine adapts to what YOUR area measures. Pick a manager type:

Sales Manager
24 people
your scope
ReservationsHigh risk
80%
Prep 1:1 — 2 people
Sales conversionLow risk
103%
Keep the pace
BudgetMedium risk
96%
Close with owner and date
ACTIONS CLOSED THIS WEEK
7/9
OPEN LOOPS
3
SINCE THE LAST 1:1
12days
KPI RISK · YOUR TEAM
Laura G.Context before the ask
Medium risk
Low risk
Medium risk
May delay closure by over-explaining without asking
Andrés P.Straight to closure
High risk
Low risk
Low risk
May close fast without validating quality
Camila R.Owner and date
Low risk
Low risk
Medium risk
Converts well — confirm the advance condition
Product view — illustrative data.
Google and Microsoft

In the work, not in another tab.

You sign in with your Google or Microsoft account. From there Clio works across three surfaces: mail, calendar, and task management.

THE CHAT
Where the plan gets executed

You bring the week's focus, prepare the conversation, draft the message — and leave with the next step owned and dated.

Google or Microsoft account
MAIL
The message, before sending it

Improves each email according to how the person receiving it works — context, clarity or closure, right inside the compose window.

Gmail plug-in
CALENDAR
Every 1:1, prepared and closed

Before: agenda and script for that person. After: the agreement with owner and date, captured.

Google Calendar
TASK MANAGEMENT
The commitment, with owner and date

What the conversation agreed on lands on the team's board — and from there the agent knows whether it closed or is still open.

Trello
Why now

AI made individual work faster. Management is still manual.

What it actually competes with

Advice doesn't move a KPI. A closed loop does.

Most AI tools stop at advice. Clio doesn't. Every recommendation becomes a loop with an owner, a date, a closing criterion and a learning step.

Dashboard / BI
Manual follow-up
Clio
What it hands you
Dashboard / BIA number and a chart
Manual follow-upA reminder in somebody's calendar
ClioThe loop: an action with owner, date and closing criterion
When
Dashboard / BIWhen you open it
Manual follow-upWhen somebody remembers
ClioBefore the loop becomes a missed KPI
Who does the work
Dashboard / BIYou, after reading it
Manual follow-upAn HRBP chasing leads over WhatsApp
ClioThe skill prepares, you decide
What ends up measured
Dashboard / BIThat you looked at it
Manual follow-upNothing
ClioWhether the loop closed — and what it learned if not
Proof

Built from real enterprise pilots.

COMMERCIAL TEAMS
Sales KPI loops

Budget, conversion and reservations turned into weekly floor-lead actions — with measured closure.

OPERATIONS
Blockers and reopened decisions

Cross-team handoffs, stalled dependencies and decisions that came back every month — visible, with an owner.

HR / PEOPLE
Signals, not surveillance

Pressure signals turned into manager actions — never scores on people, never reading private conversations.

Live with enterprise teams in construction, commercial operations and industrial services across LatAm.

The saving

Put your own numbers in. We only multiply.

Clio doesn't have your payroll. These four inputs are yours — the result is arithmetic, not a promise.

10 managers
4 h / week
$30 / hour
30%
This assumption is yours. Clio brings no self-serving default here.
MANAGEMENT HOURS RETURNED PER YEAR
624
hours of follow-up that stop being manual
AT YOUR COST PER HOUR
$18,720
per year
Your inputs, multiplied: managers × hours × 52 weeks × cost × the share you set. Clio contributes no number here.

If Clio gives back even 30% of manual follow-up time, it pays for itself — before any KPI movement is counted.

01
Manager time

Fewer hours preparing meetings, chasing pending items, and clearing up misunderstandings.

Metric · hours saved per manager per week
02
Rework

The agent forces an owner, a date, a next step, and a closing criterion in every conversation.

Metric · reopened decisions, open loops, tasks without an owner
03
HR load

People Ops stops manually chasing every lead to make them follow up.

Metric · actions closed without manual HR intervention
04
Better KPI, same team

Conversion and budget in sales; on-time delivery and cycle in ops; delivery and quality in marketing.

Metric · KPI movement after the action closed
Plans

Start free. Grow with the team.

Free
Try Clio.
  • 2 message improvements per week
  • 2 meeting demos per month
  • No test required
Start free
Pro
For a manager and a small cell — up to 4 people.
$4/ month · flat, up to 4 people
1–4 users · 14 days free
  • Unlimited messages with tone modes
  • Personal Calendar — meeting prep + close
  • Your own Work Mode (6-min assessment)
Start Pro trial
Org
50–999 users · multiple managers, multiple teams.
$8/ seat / month
Annual billing · volume discount
  • Ops & People Console — the whole network, by area
  • Weekly Ops memo: execution friction by area
  • Everything from Team, scaled
Start Org
Enterprise
1,000+ users · custom billing and dedicated account manager.
$10/ seat / month
Custom contract · MSA + DPA
  • Everything from Org
  • Dedicated CS support
  • Seats without cap
Start Enterprise

How pricing works: Pro is a flat rate — $4/month total for up to 4 people. From 5 people on, Team is billed per person ($6/person/month, 5-seat minimum).

Not sure which plan? See the full feature comparison →

Frequently asked

What people ask before booking

What is a management loop?

A business signal — a KPI at risk, a blocker, a reopened decision — turned into an action with an owner, a date and a closing criterion. Clio detects it, runs the right skill, and verifies it closed.

What does it need from my managers each week?

Fifteen minutes: read the focus, hold one 1:1, confirm what closed. Clio prepares everything else.

Does the team have to fill out surveys?

No weekly surveys. A one-time 6-minute assessment gives the under-pressure work signature; the rest comes from real execution — the Clio chat, and email/calendar/tasks when you choose to connect them.

Does it work for Sales and for Operations?

Yes. The engine is the same in both cases: how work gets solved under pressure, which KPI it hits, what action follows.

What does my company see of my data?

Aggregates by area and risk bands per indicator — never scores on people, never the content of private conversations. DPA available for enterprise agreements.

What does it integrate with?

You sign in with your Google or Microsoft account. From there you can stay with just the chat — zero integrations. The Gmail plug-in (mail), Google Calendar (calendar) and Trello (tasks) are optional, and each person connects their own.

What do I need to start?

Your real data and 15 minutes. Clio generates the first plan in the demo session itself.

Right now, open loops are deciding your next KPI.