Upward failure

[Kit]

An individual whos rising career path is the result of repeated rejection and transfer from their current position as a means of [ridding] a group of their undesirable presence. An alternate means of expulsion from a group as opposed to [termination].
After the process has been repeated in rapid succession, these individuals are mistakenly viewed by unknowing superiors as exceptional rising stars, and thus soon and often rise [to the highest] ranks of management.