Third Space

About

Two founders. A few rooms. Built by hand.

Beau Johnson and Dr. Michael Brown built Third Space for the leaders they wanted to sit with, and the ones coming up behind them.

The centerpiece is you

A few of the things we try to be, and a few we try not to be.

The leader becoming more fully themselves is the centerpiece of the room. Not us, not a system, not a personality. That choice has consequences for how we write, how we coach, and how we run a gathering.

We are

  • Insightful
  • Interested
  • Helpful
  • Generous
  • Warm and inviting
  • Clear and direct
  • Present and human

We are not

  • Comprehensive
  • Interesting
  • Clever
  • Gimmicky
  • Academic or corporate
  • Vague or churchy
  • Transactional
  • A consulting firm

The founders

Two voices.

Dr. Michael Brown

Dr. Michael Brown

Co-founder, coach, consultant · Bowling Green, OH

Dr. Michael Brown is the founder of DMB Coaching and a co-founder of Third Space. He's been speaking, mentoring, and leading since 1991, wearing the hats of management consultant, life coach, organizational architect, and (briefly, memorably) Walmart TV personality. His work centers on three things: purposes, relationships, and directions. He prefers transformation to information and short conversations to long ones. He's the architect of Third Space's On Purpose assessment and the Twelve Dimensions of Life model. He lives in Bowling Green, Ohio with his wife Teresa and a houseful of kids.

Beau Johnson

Beau Johnson

Co-founder, coach, consultant · Utah

Beau Johnson is a coach and a co-founder of Third Space. He spends his days in foxholes with leaders fighting battles that matter: founders building, executives reorganizing, parents leading at home and at work. His work is less about systems and more about presence: helping a leader name what they already know but haven't said out loud yet.

Beyond the founders

A trusted bench behind the room.

Michael and Beau don't do this alone. Behind them is a small, carefully vetted group of coaches and guides — each chosen for judgment, each trusted to sit with a leader in their own voice. When you come to us, you're matched with the one who fits what you're carrying and the season you're in.

For coaches & guides

Build the life you want without doing it alone.

We don't make you change your voice. We offer company in the work, distribution for your ideas, and a few of the best gatherings we know how to run.

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