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The actual workflow is up to you, but at it's basic level it follows a rudimentary path.
White/Grey Balance and at this point remove or add a colour cast.
Then look at the exposure and check that it doesn't need a 1/3 or 1/2 a stop plus or minus to really nail it, at this point set the saturation figures and colour contrast, before finally checking the levels and curves. (Many digital files benefit from bringing the High End back a third to lift the image)
Before developing you might want to add a touch of sharpening - many Pro's add a small level of sharpening to thre RAW file at this point - bout 20/30% should suffice.
and now, if your software allows it, set the image size - and process it.
All sound advice, once it gets into you image editor try and keep all adjustments to an adjustment layer. Then if you make a mistake you don't have to start over (only acts as a layer: i.e. can be deleted/switched off if you don't like it).
As for sharpening you could try this it is a full sharpening workflow and is optimized for your chosen output. Be that inkjet or web or any other type of use. Again it is based on adjustment layers so is non-destructive, and it has got some pretty hot reviews.
There is a tutorial on the radiant vista which goes through the essential adjustment layers and how they can be used in a productive workflow. It might be worth a look.
As Keith says though, there is no hard and fast rule on workflows, it has to be what you are comfortable with. One thing: make sure you back stuff up!
Hope this is of use to you.
Regards
Andrew
You have recieved some good advise here, but I would also add that in Elements you cannot choose color space that will be used before convesion so make sure Elements is set to the color space you want the convesion to be in..you may already know this but thought I would point it out 
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