Unattended leads are leads with scheduled activities that are due or overdue. Tracking these helps sales teams stay proactive and ensures no opportunity is missed.
Unattended leads refer to leads or opportunities that have at least one scheduled activity that is either due today or already overdue. Whenever an activity is assigned, the system monitors its due date and notifies the responsible user with reminders.
An unattended leads report provides a consolidated view of all such records in the pipeline. This allows sales managers to quickly identify which leads require follow-up and immediate action.
Reviewing this report regularly helps teams stay on track, avoid missed follow-ups, and maintain consistent engagement with prospects.
Example
A sales manager begins the day by reviewing the unattended leads report. After switching to list view, they see the following:
List view of a sample Unattended Leads report with the activities emphasized.
In this view, a team member named Mitchell has two opportunities in the Proposition stage with pending activities.
The yellow 📞 (phone) icon shows that the Modern Open Space lead has a call scheduled for today.
The red ✉️ (envelope) icon indicates that the 5 VP Chairs lead has an email activity that is overdue.
When the manager opens the 5 VP Chairs record, they can review the chatter and notice that the email was scheduled two days ago but has not been completed.
Example of overdue activities notification in the chatter of a lead.
Important
For this report to be accurate and useful, your sales team must consistently use the Activities feature within the CRM pipeline.
If activities are not being logged or updated, the unattended leads report will not reflect the true status of follow-ups.