Customer Story
Light
Light linked strategy and bonus management with Actio
Light was managing 580+ performance indicators across departments using spreadsheets. Monthly compensation calculations required hours of manual consolidation, exposing the company to audit risks and misalignment across 3,000+ employees.
Operating in a highly regulated and competitive energy market, Light manages complex processes of performance monitoring, goal-setting, and variable remuneration, which are essential for service reliability and long-term strategy.
Previously dependent on more than 10 Excel spreadsheets per department, manual PLR calculations, limited visibility, and a 5–7 day consolidation cycle, Light transformed its execution with Actio by centralizing more than 580+ KPIs in a unified OKR and performance engine, enabling real-time visibility into compensation, monthly reviews within the platform, and significantly faster reporting cycles.
Light
Website light.com.br
Industry Utilities
Company size: 3,000+ employees
Headquarters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Actio Solution: Strategy Management and Bonus Management
580+
Performance indicators tracked
100%
Full strategic alignment across all departments
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Unified performance management (Strategy, OKR, Actions, Bonus Management)
Reduced manual work, eliminating Excel-based processes
Increased trust and accountability
Monthly results meetings, n-platform
Challenges
A Light faced several operational challenges.
Manual and fragmented processes
Strategy Management and Bonus Management were handled through Excel spreadsheets, which made data consolidation and analysis time-consuming and error-prone.
Consequence: increased risk of calculation errors, version conflicts, and inconsistencies in audits.
Lack of centralized control
There was no system to unify information, making it difficult to manage indicators, track goals, and ensure accurate performance monitoring across different areas.
Consequence: misaligned incentives and reduced accountability between teams.
Limited visibility and transparency
Employees had restricted access to their performance data, which reduced engagement and trust in the process. The lack of real-time visibility into goals and scores hampered motivation.
Consequence: risk of fragmentation of strategic priorities and inconsistent execution.
Complex goal negotiation
The goal setting and cascade process was done using PowerPoint and spreadsheets, leading to inefficiencies and increasing the risk of misalignment with strategic objectives.
Consequence: slower decision-making and weakening of the link between strategy and bonus.
THE SOLUTION
To support the implementation of a new management model, Light chose Actio to unify strategic planning, performance monitoring, and bonus management on a single platform with governance.
A Light needed a platform capable of:
Centralize over 580 performance indicators and automate profit sharing calculations with predefined governance rules
Integrate OKRs with operational KPIs and provide real-time, cross-departmental dashboards
Ensure auditability in a regulated environment
Actio connected four critical layers:
Corporate Strategy
Departmental OKRs
Operational KPIs
Bonus Management (Profit Sharing)
Implementation and Impact
The integration of the Actio platform was fundamental. It provided a centralized and transparent system for assigning and tracking actions, monitoring indicators, and ensuring accountability. Unlike spreadsheets or presentations, the platform made responsibilities tangible and measurable, allowing leaders and managers to prepare more effectively for meetings and fulfill their commitments. This clarity extended to all levels of management, from the board of directors to operational teams.
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Centralization and transparency
Actio consolidated fragmented spreadsheets and manual workflows into a unified platform, ensuring that strategic objectives, indicators, and compensation metrics were managed with consistent rules and real-time visibility.
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Efficiency and Automation
Before Actio, performance tracking and profit-sharing calculations required manual spreadsheet consolidation, interdepartmental reconciliation, and repeated validation cycles. This process was time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to audit—especially in a regulated environment. With Actio, compensation calculations and performance indicator updates have become automated through predefined governance rules. Score updates, data imports, and KPI tracking now occur in a centralized system, eliminating version conflicts and reducing reliance on manual interventions.
Business impact: reduction of human errors and increased confidence in payroll accuracy.
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Real-Time Visibility and Engagement
Before Actio, performance visibility relied on periodic reports and manual spreadsheet consolidation, limiting quick insights and slowing down decision-making. Employees had limited access to up-to-date indicators, which reduced transparency and weakened engagement with results.
With Actio's real-time dashboards, performance data is now continuously accessible throughout the organization. Employees and managers can instantly view indicators, compensation scores, and goal progress on a centralized platform, enabling them to quickly identify gaps and act immediately.
Business Impact: Shifting from reactive management to continuous, data-driven decision-making.
By incorporating transparency into daily operations, Actio has strengthened engagement across the organization. Employees can clearly see how their contributions impact overall results, reinforcing accountability and motivation. Furthermore, monthly meetings within the platform allow teams to track progress, identify performance gaps, and foster structured, data-driven collaboration.
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Stronger Strategic Alignment
Actio aligned Light's long-term strategic objectives with short-term operational goals through its integrated OKR functionality, centralizing strategy, KPIs, and Bonus Management on a single platform. By directly connecting corporate priorities to departmental goals and individual performance metrics, the organization established a clear line between strategy and execution. Managing OKRs alongside performance indicators and compensation rules simplified monitoring, strengthened accountability, and ensured daily actions reinforced the company's objectives. Teams can now track long-term initiatives while managing short-term deliverables in a single unified system, fostering coordinated execution across departments.
Business Impact: Strengthening execution discipline by directly linking strategic objectives to measurable results and compensation.
What can we learn from Light
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Start with focus and scale with discipline
A Light adopted a phased implementation approach, starting with essential features—strategic planning and variable compensation—before expanding to OKRs and other performance modules. This structured rollout minimized disruption, reduced resistance to change, and allowed teams to gain confidence in the system before scaling up.
By validating processes from the outset and incorporating user feedback, Light ensured the expansion was driven by real business needs, not just feature adoption. The result was a high level of engagement and adoption across the organization.
Strategic Insight: Sustainable transformations prioritize controlled implementation over accelerated expansion.
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Integration reduces complexity
Before Actio, managing OKRs, performance indicators, and compensation required multiple tools and manual reconciliations. This fragmented environment led to silos, inefficiencies, and governance challenges.
By consolidating strategy, KPIs, and incentive mechanisms onto a single platform, Light has simplified execution and strengthened alignment. Today, departments operate within a unified framework where goals, measurement, and rewards are consistently connected.
Strategic Insight: A centralized performance architecture reduces operational friction and strengthens governance control.
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Incentive Alignment Drives Execution
Incentive Alignment Drives Execution A critical outcome of the transformation was the direct connection between strategic objectives and variable compensation. When incentives reinforce company priorities, execution becomes disciplined and measurable, rather than merely aspirational.
By incorporating compensation logic into the same system as strategy and OKRs, Light ensured that performance evaluations directly reflected organizational objectives.
Strategic Insight: Strategy succeeds when incentives are structurally aligned with desired outcomes.
Summary
The Light successfully transformed its strategic management and variable compensation processes by implementing Actio as a unified performance architecture. Operating in a highly regulated environment within the utilities sector, the organization required rigorous governance, transparent incentive alignment, and scalable performance monitoring for over 3,000 employees and 580+ KPIs.
Previously reliant on fragmented spreadsheets, manual PLR calculations, and lengthy reporting cycles, Light faced operational inefficiencies and limited interdepartmental visibility. With Actio, strategic objectives, OKRs, performance indicators, and variable compensation were centralized on a single rules-based platform, eliminating parallel systems and strengthening audit control.
Transformation highlights
- Over 580 KPIs centralized in a single system with governance
- Automated and rule-based compensation calculations
- Real-time visibility of performance and scores across departments
Monthly results meetings within the platform - Faster reporting cycles and reduction of manual reconciliations
- Clear connection between strategy, execution, and incentives
Actio enabled Light to build a transparent, data-driven performance environment where strategy, operations, and compensation are structurally aligned—strengthening accountability and execution discipline across the organization. As Light expands into new performance modules and processes, it continues to consolidate its management into a single integrated system.
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