All managers make mistakes; good managers acknowledge and repair

IME the gap in management between ICs is accountability. It's easy to say you are sorry, or say things won't happen again but good management, and what I strive to do is hold myself accountable.

To me, that means 1. To identify the issue that occurred (especially when you caused it), and much more importantly, 2. Put systems into place that prevent it from happening again.

Employees can feel very clearly when a manager lacks accountability and as part of mid and especially high level management (if your goal is actually improving both output and quality of people's lives) to not just say you did something wrong, but actually put your skin in the game ensuring what happened will not happen again (usually it means being better at saying no or aggressively managing prioritization rather than heaping additional tasks on people).

Good systems thinking combined with an actual desire/incentive to continuously improve is a combo that results in good management.

Also why neurodiverse people often make exceptional managers.

The neurology often results in good systems thinking.

The diversity results in lifelong disciplined improvement of social interactions.

Neurodiverse can mean a lot of things. And many of these things are probably detrimental to the manager role.