I agree that the way he handled Lind was excellent, but I think you have the causality backwards. I think it was less of a case of "Gibbons put Lind in against righties exclusively to build his confidence, and when he was confident, made him a full time guy." and more a case of "Gibbons put Lind in against righties exclusively because his career numbers say that's how best he should be used, but Lind forced his way into the everyday role."
Either way, definite credit to Gibbons for realizing that Lind could be a useful everyday player (for the time being, SSS warning etc...).
You cannot stop Adam Lind, you can only hope to contain him...